Nov 22, 2021 | Court Fine, Eviction, Management Regulations
22 Nov 2021 A couple have been fined over £13,000 after they were found guilty of unlawfully evicting four tenants and breaching management regulations on a property they rented out in London. Landlords Stephen Kayode Rotimi and his wife Fadeke Rotimi not only removed...
Oct 29, 2021 | Court Fine, Eviction
29 Oct 2021 A lettings agency has been prosecuted by Birmingham council for unlawfully evicting a tenant. Principal Homes is based at Great Barr and was found guilty under Section 1 of the Protection from Eviction Act 1977 of unlawfully evicting Natalia...
Oct 25, 2021 | Court Fine
05 Dec 2017 Four Gainsborough landlords have been fined and ordered to pay costs totalling £232,155.68. They are the first landlords to be prosecuted under West Lindsey District Council’s selective licensing scheme. Magistrates heard one case at Lincoln in October and...
Sep 20, 2021 | Court Fine
20 Sep 2021 A lettings agent has been jailed for three years for defrauding tenants and landlords out of more than £182,000. Lee Clarke, 42, of Park Corner, Windsor, was director of Berkshire Estate Agents in Slough. He disappeared in 2019 after being...
Aug 11, 2021 | Civil Penalty Fines, Court Fine, Legislation & Regulations, Rogue Landlords
11 Aug 2021 There has still been no formal response to a government consultation on the database of rogue agents and landlords, 25 months after comments were initially requested and 22 months after the exercise closed. The database of rogue landlords and property...
Jul 30, 2021 | Court Fine, Other News
30 Jul 2021 Camden council in north London has become the first local authority to secure an anti-social behaviour injunction against a landlord in order to protect private tenants from illegal eviction and harassment. The council secured the injunction against...
