Sep 10, 2021 | Fire, Guest Post, Legislation & Regulations, Other News
10 Sep 2021 Dr Jim Glockling, Technical Director at the FPA discusses whether, given the pace of construction innovation, enough is being done to avoid another cladding-type construction defect crisis, and what prospective buyers might need to do to protect themselves...
Jun 11, 2021 | Court Fine, Licensing
11 Jun 2021 A London council has prosecuted a landlord for renting out an unauthorised and unsafe House in Multiple Occupation. Daniella Mbachu, who owns property in Mitcham, was found guilty of failing to apply for an HMO licence from Merton council, and failure to...
Jan 15, 2021 | Court Fine
15 Jan 2021 A landlord has been hit with what a local authority calls a record £66,000 fine after being found guilty of letting an HMO that was dangerous to tenants. Reading council prosecuted Mohammed Naseer Zamir, following its housing team’s findings at the...
Nov 20, 2020 | Civil Penalty Fines, Improvement Notice, Tribunal - FTT
20 Nov 2020 A £4,550 fine, one of several imposed by the council, has been upheld after an appeal by the landlord was rejected by a property tribunal. Fenland council served five civil penalty notices on the landlord totalling £8852 earlier this year for failing...
Aug 30, 2020 | Court Fine, Fire, Other News
01 Sep 2020 A buy to let property owner has received a four month prison sentence for letting out a property he had already been warned was too dangerous to live in. Manmohan Sahib, of Ilford in Essex, was sentenced at Snaresbrook Crown Court after pleading guilty to...
Jun 30, 2020 | Other News
30 Jun 2020 Three years after the Grenfell fire, 257 tower blocks in Britain, housing about 56,000 people, are still to be made safe, and politicians are largely to blame, according to the Fire Brigades Union (FBU). Fresh analysis reveals that the government...
