Legal UpdateTim Reid

19 March 2014

Speaker

Tim Reid

· Solicitor· Accredited Commercial

Mediator· Member of the Property

Litigation Association

Tenants Charter· Initial press release October 2013· Still in draft · Model agreement to include, longer

terms, break clauses and rent reviews

· Greater flexibility· Scheme for Redress· Landlord’s information for “standard”

questions

Superstrike Ltd v Rodrigues

· Tenancy was 1 year minus a day from 8.1.2007· Deposit taken but not registered· Became statutory periodic – S.5 Housing Act

1988· Section 21 Notice to end periodic tenancy· Appeal

The Legal Argument· Was a new tenancy created?· Had the deposit been “received” at the start of

the periodic tenancy?· N and D (London) Ltd-v-Gadson 1991· Section 5 Housing Act 1988

Further case· Spencer v Taylor· Validity of s21 Notice· Saving provisions· Section 8 or Section 21?· Accelerated procedure

Further issues· Change status· Initial scheme requirements· Prescribed information (essential)· Is the registration valid?

· TDS· My Deposits· DPS

· 30 day period “from change”· Is contractual term rolling?

Controlled Waste (England & Wales) Regulations 2012· Local authorities’ charges to businesses· Is student accommodation a business?· Practise to stop if domestically rated· Regulated by DEFRA

Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998· Regulation 36 (4)· Check qualification of gas fitters· Gas Safe Register· £950 fine/£4000 costs

…And Finally· Leasehold Valuation Tribunals now First Tier

Tribunal (FTT)· CPRs & BPRs · The Universal Credit· Immigration Bill 2013· No win no fee for x3 claims

Thanks for listening

Any questions?

Contact details

Tim ReidSolicitorTel: +44 (0)1295 661513Email: timreid@brethertons.co.uk

Steven NeashamPartnerTel: + (0)1869 252161Email: stevenneasham@brethertons.co.uk