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Section 22 Notices - needn’t be as detailed as you think!

In this Legal Update, we review the case of Ata -v- Sinclair [2024] UKUT 423 (LC), which relates to the validity of a notice served by a group of leaseholders on their landlord under Section 22 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (“the Act”), stating their intention to apply to the FTT for the…

Requests for a Summary of Accounts and Supporting Invoices

In this update we re-visit the requirements for a reply to a formal request made by a leaseholder pursuant to Section 21(1) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 (LTA 1985) and for inspection of documents under Section 22 of the LTA 1985. Request for a Summary of Relevant Costs - Section 21 LTA 1985…

Higher fines for landlords who breach Right to Rent rules

The government has significantly increased the fines issued to landlords or their agents for breaching the rules under the Right to Rent Scheme. These higher penalties come into force on 22 January 2024 so where a landlord or their agent breaches the Scheme on or after 22 January 2024, the new…

Appointment of a Manager

Leaseholders dissatisfied with the management of their block or development will often turn to their rights under the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 to exercise the right to manage, or where appropriate to a collective enfranchisement under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban…

Do service charge accounts need to be certified?

In this week’s Legal Update we look at whether landlords and their agents should arrange for an accountant, independent or otherwise, to certify or audit a service charge account. The current standard (which must be followed by any RICS or ARMA member agent of landlord) is set within the following…

Increasing rents under Assured and Assured Shorthold Tenancies

The insecure nature of the modern residential letting is such that, for the most part, the landlord “holds all the cards” when it comes to the rent payable by their tenants. Should the tenant be unable or unwilling to agree a rent increase, either within the existing assured shorthold tenancy…

Section 47 and 48: What it really requires?

We receive a constant stream of requests for advice on what is actually required in s.47 and s.48 notices and who is liable to provide them, when, what addresses count etc. So, to assist, we have set out here a round up of previous Legal Updates on the topic and what we hope is a helpful guide as…

What do you need to do to comply with Section 47 LTA 1987?

In our Legal Update sent back in April 2018 (see here) , we covered the requirements of Sections 47 and 48 of the Tenant Act 1987 (“LTA 1987”). Since then, and as recent as 11 July 2019, what is required has been further debated and clarity provided by the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) in the case…

Stay on possession actions extended to 20 September 2020 at last minute

The stay on all existing and new possession actions that has been in place since March 2020 due to the Coronavirus pandemic was due to be lifted yesterday, as we reported earlier this month. However, in what is the epitome of an eleventh hour U-turn by the government, on Saturday 22 August 2020 the…

Court suspension on possession claims to be lifted on 23 August 2020

The current Court suspension on possession claims and enforcement has been widely reported, both in the press and by KDL Law in a series of Legal Updates, since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Landlords will be pleased to hear that the suspension is not going to be further extended and that…

Ban on evictions extended to 31 March 2021

Coming as no surprise, the Government announced last week that the current ban on evictions, due to be lifted on 21 February 2021, would be extended to 31 March 2021. The exceptions to the ban for what the Government has called the “most egregious cases”, including in cases of substantial rent…

Renters Reform Bill

The government’s pledge to reform the residential lettings sector has somewhat been on hold since its original announcement by Theresa May’s government in 2019 (see here for our April 2019 Legal Update). In that time, focus in the industry instead has (quite rightly) been on the issues of fire and…