We are pleased to announce the release of our totally overhauled application for accommodation (F009) and receipt for deposit (F010). These have been totally reworked so they fit better with the information needed in the prescribed information document when taking a tenancy deposit although the changes are still an improvement even if you don’t take a deposit. Application for Accommodation Changes include: The addition of a post tenancy...

We know many of you are frantically issuing lots of prescribed information so that everything is in place for 6 May 2012, after which time it will be too late to resolve and giving the information late will not prevent compensation being payable to tenants. If your not sure why people are doing this, see our article here We have advised many people including agents so far and some have literally tens of thousands of pages to give out in the next...

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The DCLG has produced details of the commencement of the Localism Act 2011 that relates to tenancy deposit schemes. We have already reported on the significant changes to take effect from 6 April 2012 but until now we didn’t know what the position would be with existing or previously unprotected deposits. Would the changes only apply to new deposits received after April or, will the changes apply all the way back to first introduction in...

Suurpere v Nice & Anor [2011] EWHC 2003 (QB) This is a significant High Court (so binding) case which highlights what we have been banging on about for several years now namely, the importance of the prescribed information. As we often say, 90% of landlords are protecting deposits (not an official statistic, for illustration purposes only) and 89% are NOT giving the prescribed information either in full or properly. Background Mr and Mrs...