Jul 23, 2021 | Civil Penalty
23 Jul 2021 A landlord who failed to ensure his property was clean and safe for tenants to live in has been prosecuted by a council. An environmental health officer from Oldham council first visited a private rented property in the town in September last year...Jul 21, 2021 | Civil Penalty, Licensing
21 Jul 2021 How long does it take for your Council to work out you’re running an unlicensed HMO? Less than one day! This was confirmed for us this week when a worried landlord got in touch with our landlords defence consultancy team. Here’s the situation: Landlord...Jun 14, 2021 | Civil Penalty, HMO Management Regs, Not Fit and Proper, Rogue Council, Success, Case Study, Tribunal - FTT
14 Jun 2021 In a shocking, and embarrassing for Northampton Borough Council (NBC), determination by Judge Wayte of the First Tier Tribunal property, he went so far as to suggest that the landlord should make a claim for costs against the Council. A move...Jun 10, 2021 | Civil Penalty, Licensing
10 Jun 2021 Instead of charging landlords around £1,000 like most UK councils – for the dubious honour of going into a database – which the council will then use so they can easily inspect properties and issue eye watering fines, Jersey (which is of course...Jun 9, 2021 | Civil Penalty, Tribunal - FTT
09 Jun 2021 A council investigation found no fire alarms, routes of escape blocked, and a broken window covered with a ‘to let’ sign A Manchester letting and management company has been fined more than £21,000 after one of their properties was found to...May 7, 2021 | Civil Penalty, Court Fine
07 May 2021 A crackdown is now underway withTrading Standards divisions now taking an even stricter approach to enforcement of compliance obligations. This is yet another assault on the wallets of letting agents and landlords in addition to ever increasing compliance...
