Russell May of Boyes Turner notes that, before embarking on legal action against a difficult tenant, landlords should know whether they will be able to recover the costs involved from that tenant. Read the full article here.
Archive for March, 2011
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011
Government steps in to make squatting a criminal offence
In an article from Mace Jones, it is pointed out that it only takes one joint tenant under a periodic tenancy to end that tenancy by a notice to quit; and that some form of catch-all wording (which specifically refers to the terms of the tenancy) may save a notice to determine that would otherwise be invalid. Read the full article here.
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011
Are you serving the right summary? Changes to residential service charges
All demands for the payment of service charges relating to residential premises must be accompanied by a summary of rights and obligations. Davenport Lyons points out that tenant who receives a demand that either fails to contain a summary or contains a summary but not in the prescribed form is entitled to withhold payment. Read full article here.