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Legal aid for squatters to be scrapped

Posted on 30 June 2011 by LAN editorial team

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The government is proposing to scrap legal aid for squatters fighting eviction claim in court. Read more

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Letting agent banned from managing HMOs

Posted on 24 June 2011 by LAN editorial team

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A student letting agent has been ordered to pay £5,560 in fines and costs and banned from managing shared houses. Read more

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Landlord loses buy to let over-valuation case

Posted on 23 June 2011 by LAN editorial team

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Surveyors and insurers are celebrating a key judgment that is likely to save them paying millions in compensation to buy to let landlords. Read more

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EPC laws shelved as review time runs out

Posted on 22 June 2011 by LAN editorial team

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Energy performance certificate (EPC) rule changes for landlords have been postponed because of hold ups with the government’s  legal administrators. Read more

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Plaster verdict is sticky for landlords

Posted on 17 June 2011 by LAN editorial team

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The courts have finally come up with a verdict to stick to for landlords and tenants rowing about who repairs damaged plaster in a rented building. Read more

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Letting agent jailed for stealing £140,000

Posted on 13 June 2011 by LAN editorial team

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Former letting agent Robert Stagg was jailed for two years after breaking promises to a judge to repay £140,000 stolen from landlords and tenants. Read more

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Regulated letting agent crashed owing £90,000

Posted on 09 June 2011 by LAN editorial team

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Letting agent Sharon Price shameful lack of business professionalism led to her firm crashing owing landlords and tenants more than £90,000. Read more

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£50,000 cash riddle letting agent sought by police

Posted on 27 May 2011 by LAN editorial team

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Detectives are looking for a missing letting agent after landlords have complained thousands of pounds in rents are unpaid. Read more

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Is this man one of Britain’s worst landlords?

Posted on 26 May 2011 by LAN editorial team

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The disgraceful way tenants have suffered at the hands of property developer Dave Scanlon could make him one of Britain’s worst landlords. Read more

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Landlord cleared of harassing tenants with knife

Posted on 23 May 2011 by LAN editorial team

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A landlord was cleared of harassing his tenants after a knife-wielding gang tried to evict them from their home. Read more

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