A recent Conservative Party conference announced plans to develop the regulation of tenants and landlords, with the aim to improve the way that disputes are managed and resolved. Quicker and fairer decisions are expected to be one of the positive results of the plans. All landlords in the private rented sector will have to become…Continue reading
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A New Procedure for Debt Recovery
On 1st October 2017 ‘The Pre-Action Protocol for Debt Claims’ came in to force. It sets out a process for businesses, including sole-traders, to follow when making claims against individuals and sole-traders, to recover debts. Although the new process increases the amount of work a creditor needs to do, the procedures are intended to help resolve…Continue reading
Leaseholds to be Banned on New Houses
A proposal to ban the sale of newly built homes as leasehold instead of freehold has been brought forward. Leasehold homes are where the owner only buys the right to live in and use the property but not to own the land itself. With the new proposal, ground rents on newly built homes will be…Continue reading