Welcome to This Week at theEHP, a summary of the articles that appeared on the site over the last two week.
This week at theEHP we have a look behind the scenes of deposit disputes, opinions and prosecutions.
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Episode 2 of theEHP Podcast is finally here. This time its more natural and relaxed. Even better, you can now earn CIEH CPD points for listening to and interacting with the podcast.
The main discussion topic of the podcast is about the lessons learned from being one of the many consultants who lost money when the employment agency Papillon Group went into administration. The podcast is available here and full details on how to obtain your CPD points will be available by Monday. Alternatively, if subscribe to the podcast on iTunes you will receive it automatically.
You will be able earn 1 Hours worth of CPD points by listening to episodes 1 & 2 of theEHP’s Podcasts and interact in the methods explained in the podcasts. theEHP Podcast 1: An introduction & a discussion is available here. Full details to come.
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Monday the 16th April was the 1 year anniversary of the launch of theEHP.com. We have come a long way. Thank you all for your support.
Looking forward to seeing you at theEHP.
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Environmental Protection
Environmental Protection: Overgrown gardens costs resident £490
Michael Grieb of Southcoates Lane, Hull was ordered to pay £490 for allowing his garden to grow to an unacceptable condition.
Environmental Protection: Resident prosecuted for having a rubbish garden
A local resident has been prosecuted after failing to comply with a statutory notice to clear waste from their garden.
Food Safety
Food Safety: Burger bar fined for hygiene breaches
Aberdeenshire Council’s Environmental Health Service has successfully prosecuted a Banff fast food trailer operator under food hygiene regulations. Legal action was taken against Colin Duguid after all informal methods of making his business comply with hygiene requirements had run out.
Opinion: “Isn’t it a pity when you know the caterer is doing everything and they still have a food poisoning”
I recently visited a large caterer who had received a warning from his local EHO that his HACCP was not working effectively and that amendments were necessary. The plan had been written by the caterer based on the Scottish CookSafe Food Management System. This is a very effective food management system, but to fully understand how CookSafe works and to adapt it to best meet your food businesses needs requires knowledge that can only be gained through HACCP and food safety training to a Level 3 standard. (By Anthony Bowmer of RSA Food Safety)
Opinion: Compulsory display of Food Safety Ratings – How much will your business suffer?
The Food Standards Agency are continuing to push the fact that all local authorities in England and Northern Ireland are being ‘strongly encouraged’ to sign up to adopt the Food Hygiene Ratings Scheme voluntarily ahead of the Olympics. There is little doubt that soon after this target date the scheme, which includes the requirement for food businesses to display their individual ratings for all to see, will become compulsory. (by Jill Taylor)
Health & Safety
Health & Safety: HSE prosecutions in brief 16 April – 20 April
Welcome to HSE prosecutions in brief. An overview of this weeks prosecutions by the HSE.
Health & Safety: HSE prosecutions in brief 09 April – 13 April
Welcome to HSE prosecutions in brief. An overview of this weeks prosecutions by the HSE. (One new articles added)
Housing
Housing: Wigan landlord sentenced over gas safety risk
A Wigan landlord has been prosecuted for putting the life of a tenant at risk by falsifying a gas safety document. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) took legal action against Terence McBride after it discovered he had changed the dates on the record for an annual gas safety check to suggest it was still valid.
Housing: A behind the scenes look at deposit disputes
my|deposits, a government-authorised tenancy deposit protection scheme, has released a series of adjudication case studies to give landlords and letting agents a behind the scenes look at how deposit disputes are resolved.
Public Health
Public Health: Cafe owner fined over breaches of smoke-free laws
THE owner of a Middlesbrough café has been ordered to pay more than £1,000 in fines and costs after breaching smoke-free laws. (Photos on Flickr)
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Training
Training: Increase rent the proper way
We live in an age where prices are constantly increasing. So your rent will need to increase periodically too.
It is important that when increasing rent you do it the right way. Otherwise your tenant is entitled to just carry on paying the old rent. If you bring proceedings for possession based on rent arrears – you will lose. You may even be ordered by the Judge to pay your tenants legal costs.
So best to get things right from the start.
Training: How to draft section 21 notices
The best way to evict your assured shorthold tenant (should this be necessary) is via the ‘no fault’ procedure set out in section 21 of the Housing Act 1988.
But there is a problem with this.
Many landlords lose their eviction case due to errors in their section 21 notice.
How to win deposit disputes – An essential guide for landlords
Tom Derrett – former adjudicator has written the definitive guide to getting the best possible result at adjudication.
His new book, ‘How to Win Deposit Disputes’ is available now and covers the following:-
- Why landlords lose disputes
- How the deposit schemes differ
- Separate chapters for disputes with the DPS and the insurance based schemes
- When you need to go to court
- The dispute process
- How to analyse your claim
- How much to claim (including guidance on how you can make the betterment rules work for you)
- How to present your claim
- How to respond to the tenant
As a former adjudicator himelf, Tom knows how they think and how they will approach your claim. After reading this book, so will you!
If you get the ‘How to win deposit disputes’, you also have the option to buy the Novice Guide to Court Hearings by Tessa Shepperson with a 25% discount.
It is normally £12 – you can get it now for £9 if you buy the deposit dispute book at the same time (total price £21).
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Training: The Novice Guide to Court Hearings ebook
Written by experienced landlord and tenant solicitor Tessa Shepperson, the Novice Guide to Court Hearings eBook has a clear and easy to understand style and includes sample documents and forms to help you prepare your case (Video Embedded).
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