Tag: Tenancy Deposit
Fined! Landlord with ten-year track record pleads ignorance over tenancy deposit...
A landlord who kept his tenant’s deposit in a tin at his mother’s house has been fined £1,500 for failing to lodge...
Legal Case: Liaw v Sohal – a question of multiple tenancy...
It’s important to ensure that the tenancy deposit rules (including service notices) are applied “to the letter”, as otherwise a new fine...
What happens if someone other than the tenant pays the deposit?
Tenancy Deposits:
According to TDS (Tenancy Deposit Scheme) less than 1% (0.85%) of tenancies they handle have resulted in a deposit dispute in the year...
Section 21 Notice and Deposit Protection rules
Validity of Section 21 Notice: Amak Property Investments v Laura Sonny
This case was an appeal by the tenant following a county court judgement...
Is rent in advance a deposit?
Advance Rent: Piggot v Slaven and Johnson v. Old
There are two important cases which clarify (though not necessarily decisively) the position on landlords accepting...
Are you liable for a multiple deposit fine?
Tenancy Deposit Fines:
The deposit protection rules introduced in April 2007 have proved to be something on a minefield for landlords and letting agents. One...
Tenancy Deposit Protection
Deposit Rules:
Landlords are still being caught out with the tenant deposit protection rules, despite the fact that the rules on protecting tenancy deposits have...
Tenancy Deposit Documentation
What do I need to do when I protect my tenant/s deposit?
If you take a deposit from your tenant/s you MUST protect the deposit...
New Tenancy Deposit Rules
LandlordZONE® Briefing (LZ001) April 2015
After 6th April 2007 all security deposits taken by landlords must be protected in one of the approved Government Tenancy...