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 4, 2021 | Eviction, Other News
04 Oct 2021 The chief executive of Shelter says the experience of Scotland shows that the scrapping of S21 eviction powers produces benefits that far outweigh disadvantages. Polly Neate, speaking on BBC Radio 4, says that Scotland effectively scrapped its equivalent...
Sep 20, 2021 | Eviction, Rogue Tenant
20 Sep 2021 The latest research by lettings agency Benham and Reeves has analysed how the pandemic has affected the UK rental market when it comes to rogue tenants and the time and cost required to evict them. The research found that, with long court delays and...
Sep 10, 2021 | Eviction, Legislation & Regulations
10 Sep 2021 The government has set in motion a Parliamentary procedure meaning the notice periods for evictions in England return to normal from October 1. Therefore landlords giving notice to evict via either a Section 21 or Section 8 notice will need to give...
Jul 14, 2021 | Eviction, Other News
14 Jul 2021 The UK Association of Letting Agents trade body is warning of “widespread evictions” unless government support is offered to tenants. UKALA chairman Tim Clark says: “The restrictions on evictions during the last year, whilst very appropriate for the time,...
