The Deregulation Act 2015 (the “Act”) is an eclectic mix of legislative tinkering. However, amongst the measures relating to sellers of knitting yarn and trustees of child trust funds are some key provisions that will affect residential landlords. We have already commented in an earlier blog on the provisions contained in the Deregulation Bill intended … Continue Reading
It is now the best part of a decade since the tenancy deposit protection provisions in the Housing Act 2004 (the “Act”) came into force on 6 April 2007. A string of Court of Appeal decisions resulted from ambiguities and inconsistencies in the Act and later regulations (the Housing (Tenancy Deposits) (Prescribed Information) Order 2007). As … Continue Reading
