

The Justice Committee has launched an inquiry into the work of county courts amid long-standing concerns over capacity and resources.
A father and daughter who lied about the tenancy of a dangerously overcrowded and unlicensed HMO have lost their appeal.
The government is to end the practice of banding individual rooms in HMOs separately for council tax purposes.
A landlord has been ordered to fork out more than £47,000 for failing to licence his eight rental properties, after ignoring numerous written and verbal warnings.
The government is being urged to consider hard-up renters who won’t be able to take on their landlords despite any court system upgrade ahead of the Renters Reform Bill.
The NRLA has urged the government to address court hold-ups while debating the Renters Reform Bill – or risk undermining work to improve the sector.