May 12, 2022 | Court Fine, Rogue Landlords
12 May 2022 A court has told a multi-millionaire landlord he must pay £125,000 after a 10-year campaign of abuse against a local council. Last year Fergus Wilson, 72, was the subject of a life-time injunction banning him from contacting his local Ashford Borough...
Mar 10, 2022 | Civil Penalty Fines, Legislation & Regulations, Licensing, Rogue Landlords
10 Mar 2022 Guest post by Des Taylor Casework Director at Landlord Licensing & Defence It has come across my desk from more than one local authority and in multiple cases that the Council is checking information with Consumer Credit Reference Companies as part of...
Oct 12, 2021 | Other News, Rogue Landlords
12 Oct 2021 ARLA Propertymark is calling on the government to properly fund local authorities so they can combat rogue operators in the private rental sector. In its submission to HM Treasury ahead of the Budget and spending review scheduled for later this month,...
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 1, 2021 | Court Fine, Prohibition Order, Rogue Landlords
01 Jul 2021 The conviction of a rogue Dudley landlord who failed to rectify safety hazards in a property he let has been upheld. In November 2019 Latif Rehman, of Bank Street, Brierley Hill was fined a total of £151,070 by Wolverhampton Magistrates Court for three...
Mar 11, 2021 | Licensing, Rogue Landlords
11 Mar 2021 A Labour-controlled council says it’s confident a huge new Revenue Generating licensing scheme for one of Britain’s most high-profile cities will be voted through today. But it admits there’s a big clash of opinions between landlords and agents on the one...
