Landlords & Tenants

The demotion of tenancies is a system that allows local authority and other social landlords to address anti-social behaviour by their tenants. If...

Landlord and tenant hearings are usually held in a judge’s private room: the hearing will be relatively informal and only the parties or their...

There are several different types of housing tenancies. The protection from eviction enjoyed by tenants varies according to the type of...

Most tenancy agreements today are "Assured Shorthold Tenancies". These allow a landlord to repossess the property if a tenant does not pay the rent....

Most tenancies today are known as Assured Shorthold Tenancies. Depending on the circumstances, a landlord can bring this kind of tenancy to an end at...

Getting the deposit back at the end of a tenancy has long been one of the most problematic aspects of renting. Tenants will often need the deposit...

Housing benefit is available to people who pay rent and have a low income. If a person is on income support or job seeker’s allowance they will...

The plight of some tenants of mortgaged properties has long been one of the saddest aspects of mortgage repossession law. It is not unusual for...

The amount of protection currently available to a tenant of a mortgaged property largely depends on whether or not the tenancy is authorised....

If a mortgage company wants to repossess a property due to mortgage arrears it will generally apply to the local county court for a possession...

Sadly it is not uncommon for tenants to find that, although they have been paying the rent, the landlord has not been using the money to pay the...

The general rule for mortgage repossession cases is that the mortgage lender is entitled to recover the costs of the case under the terms of the...

Some local authorities operate a system whereby new council tenants are given an introductory tenancy for up to 18 months before they can become...