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The costly effect of failure by a landlord to comply with the regulations relating to provisions of the landlord's certificate under the Building Safety Act 2022 - Lehner v Lant Street Management Co Ltd [2024] UKUT 135 (LC)

There has been significant commentary from various respected sources of late following the Upper Tribunal (“UT”) decision in Lehner v Lant St Management Co Ltd [2024] UKUT 135 (LC) and so it seems timely to add to our earlier report on this case from June of this year - see here Compliant Service…

FTT has no jurisdiction to order provision of landlord’s certificate

The Building Safety Act 2022 (“the BSA”) and its accompanying Regulations introduced, amongst other things, a set of protections for residential leaseholders in certain circumstances regarding the reimbursement of service charge costs addressing “ relevant defects ”. In short, relevant defects will…

Court of Appeal confirms late compliance with Gas Safety Regulations does NOT prevent Section 21 Notice from being served

In 2018, Caridon Property Ltd - v- Monty Shooltz sent ripples through the residential letting sector, deciding that a landlord’s failure to provide a gas safety certificate to its tenant prior to the tenant taking up occupation of the premises would prevent a Section 21 notice from ever being…

Gas Safety Checks in properties let under an Assured Shorthold Tenancy - What are the landlord’s responsibilities?

A landlord who rents their property to a tenant under an assured shorthold tenancy (“AST”) is responsible for complying with the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 (“the Regulations”). As well as a general duty to maintain in a safe condition any relevant gas fitting or flue serving…

What you need to know about the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018

First and foremost, the Act came into force yesterday, the 20 March 2018, and thus hopefully all letting/managing agents and landlords reading this update have some knowledge of the requirements already. Secondly, and of most importance, there is no need to panic even if this article comes as news…

When three times the deposit isn’t just three times…

It is common knowledge that a deposit taken in connection with an assured shorthold tenancy (‘AST’) must be protected with a Government approved scheme within the prescribed timescales, and that the full prescribed information has to be given to the tenant also within the prescribed timescales.…

New Section 21 Notice Form from 01 June 2019

On 1 June 2019 a new Section 21 Notice Form 6A will replace the current version. This is to coincide with the commencement of the Tenant Fees Act 2019 (which we discussed in more detail in our February 2019 Legal Update( see here )). The original version of the Form 6A, which has been used since 01…