Feb 17, 2022 | Eviction, Legislation & Regulations, Other News, Right-to-Rent
17 Feb 2022 A senior figure in an industry trade body says lettings agents are going to have their hands full dealing with legislative changes over the rest of this decade. Paul Offley, compliance officer at The Guild of Property Professionals, says the changes...
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...
May 7, 2021 | Court Fine, Eviction
07 May 2021 A landlord has been placed under an overnight curfew in her home and ordered to pay just under £7,000 in compensation and costs after pleading guilty to unlawfully evicting her lodger, in a case brought by Bristol City...
Nov 17, 2020 | Eviction, Other News
17 Nov 2020 There’s been a further tweak to the eviction controls introduced in England for the duration of the lockdown, lasting until December 2. There has been substantial publicity for what is effectively a ban on evictions, which followed a letter from government...
Sep 11, 2020 | Eviction, Other News
11 Sep 2020 The latest announcement from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick suggests the eviction ban WILL end at last on September 20. However, more concessions have been made with a commitment from the government not to stage evictions over the Christmas period in...
Aug 3, 2020 | Eviction, Other News
03 Aug 2020 The huge backlog of eviction and other cases anticipated in the coming months will be helped by the creation of a series of so-called Nightingale Courts – the justice system’s version of the much-praised Nightingale Hospitals. These are to be at...