by theEHP | Jun 15, 2011 | Housing
A husband and wife were hit with a bill of more than £5,800 today for renting out properties illegally. Joint-landlords Peter and Frances Kavanagh, failed in their duty to ensure they had the correct and legal licences to rent out five flats in Broughton, heard...
by theEHP | Jun 15, 2011 | Housing
A landlord who continually disregarded the safety of his tenants and failed to licence his properties has been prosecuted and fined £14,000. Martin Horsfall , from north Leeds, was ordered to pay a total of £20,817.62 at Leeds Magistrates court on Thursday 18 May,...
by theEHP | Jun 15, 2011 | Housing
Labour MP Phil Wilson is calling for a professional register of private landlords. While proposing his bill he described the vast majority of private landlords as ‘amateurs without the skills and wherewithal to deal with being a private landlord’. The...
by theEHP | Jun 13, 2011 | Housing
The Court of Appeal has confirmed that landlords are responsible for repairing damaged wall plaster. This matter was recently considered in the case of Grand v Gill. In this case the Court of Appeal considered whether ceiling plaster formed part of the structure of a...
by theEHP | Jun 13, 2011 | Housing
A survey by the National Landlords Association (NLA) has found more than half of private residential landlords are planning to reduce the number of properties they let to tenants on housing benefits. This response from landlords comes on the eve of the Welfare Reform...
by theEHP | Jun 8, 2011 | Housing
HIMO landlady from Bicester has been fined £1,000 for failing to comply with an Improvement Notice. Overview Cherwell District Council has successfully prosecuted landlady Mrs Satinder Kaur Ahluwalia of London Road, Bicester, for failing to comply with an Improvement...
