by guildy | 31 Oct 2018 | News, Statistics, Tenancy Deposit
One in three renters have lost money from their deposits, while landlords and letting agents take too long to return the money at the end of a tenancy, says a new survey. Building society Nationwide is calling for a law change to help tenants find the cash to move...
by guildy | 10 Aug 2017 | Granting a Tenancy, Post Tenancy, Tenancy Deposit, Tenants Notice to Quit
This entry is part 20 of 20 in the series Granting an Assured Shorthold TenancyWhen the tenancy has ended, the following should be considered: The notice to quit from tenant Ensure the notice to quit provided by the tenant is valid. As a quick guide, the notice may...
by guildy | 7 Oct 2015 | News, Possession, Tenancy Deposit
Where a tenancy deposit has been paid in connection with an assured shorthold tenancy and in order to be able to serve a section 21 notice, the deposit must have been protected – normally within 30 days. Where this is not the case, the only way to be able to...
by guildy | 17 Dec 2014 | New Legislation, News, Possession, Tenancy Deposit
Since Superstrike we look at most deposit cases that have not been answered yet and assume what is the very worst outcome possible and what was the least intention of Parliament. Once you start to think like that, you generally arrive at the correct answer to the...
by guildy | 26 Jun 2014 | New Legislation, News, Tenancy Deposit
Please note, there has been a number of amendments a few hours after publication and this article should be read again if it was read on the day of publication (26 June 2014). See the new summary below We reported a month ago about a proposed amendment to...
by guildy | 14 May 2014 | Tenancy Deposit
As many will know, the case of Superstrike Ltd v Rodrigues [2013] EWCA Civ 669 says that when a statutory periodic tenancy arises, a new deposit is in effect received because the statutory periodic is a brand new tenancy. As a result, many commentators suggest that as...
by tommyb | 14 May 2014 | Members Questions, Tenancy Deposit, Tenants Notice to Quit
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by guildy | 5 Nov 2013 | News, Tenancy Deposit
MyDeposits has announced that it is to automatically unprotect some deposits where tenancies turn statutory periodic from the winter of 2013 / 2014 Unless landlords or letting agents take some action. No actual date has been announced. According to their website: You...
by guildy | 1 Oct 2013 | News, Tenancy Deposit
Thanks to David d’Orton-Gibson for pointing out to us today that the tenancy deposit scheme operated by Capita has ceased trading. Their website now says: Capita Tenancy Deposit Protection is no longer accepting new deposits with effect from
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by guildy | 28 Jun 2013 | Linked post, News, Tenancy Deposit
Possession order overturned because Prescribed Information had agent’s name on it An order for possession has been set aside by a court on the basis that the Prescribed Information did not contain the landlord’s name and address. Instead, it showed the agent’s...
by guildy | 21 Jun 2013 | Tenancy Deposit
This article may be out of date as major changes have been introduced from 26 March 2015. See our article about the Deregulation Act 2015. As things start to calm again after Superstrike Ltd v Rodrigues [2013] EWCA Civ 669 for obvious reasons we are getting lots of...
by guildy | 20 Jun 2013 | Tenancy Deposit
It would seem all the talk currently is about Superstrike Ltd v Rodrigues [2013] EWCA Civ 669. I thought today we would provide a few more thoughts on this now that things have had time to settle and also explain why we are especially concerned with comments made in...
by guildy | 16 Jun 2013 | Tenancy Deposit
Normally, questions go to our ask a question part of the website but this question received early this morning sums up the case from Friday (Superstrike Ltd v Rodrigues) perfectly and shows that perhaps there will be more landlords affected than first thought. We have...
by guildy | 15 Jun 2013 | News, Tenancy Deposit
Superstrike Ltd v Rodrigues [2013] EWCA Civ 669 (14 June 2013) is a worrying case which fundamentally changes previous thinking on certain aspects of tenancy deposit legislation and in particular landlords duties. Background The landlord granted a tenancy to the...