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Checks and Payments

How can I tell if an email sent to me is fraudulent or not?

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Filed Under: Checks and Payments, General Tagged With: RRA-checks-rental-payments-topic

What if my letting agent refuses to let me see reference material obtained for my tenant?

Saying No
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Filed Under: About Letting Agents, Checks and Payments Tagged With: Data Protection, Renters Rights Act Checked

Increasing rent – guidance for landlords

Increasing rent
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments, Post Renters Rights Act Tagged With: Document related, Increasing rent, Rent, RRA-checks-rental-payments-topic

Phillips and another v Garraway [2026]

High Court
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments Tagged With: Rent

What should I look out for when buying a property with sitting tenants?

Buying property
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments, Post Renters Rights Act Tagged With: Buying property, RRA-checks-rental-payments-topic, Sitting tenants

What are prohibited payments and what are the penalties?

Prohibited payment
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What are my obligations as a landlord or letting agent regarding the anti money laundering regulations?

Checklist
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments Tagged With: AML

Dealing with tenants utility debts

Man reading utility bill
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments Tagged With: Utility Regulations

Helping Tenants in Arrears of Rent

Manage Debt
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments Tagged With: Rent, Rent arrears, Renters Rights Act Checked

What are priority and non priority debts?

Managing debt
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Right to Rent – what checks are required for British citizens where a tenancy is renewed?

Right to Rent
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Is the date of occupation the relevant date for the 28-day period in which right to rent checks need to be done?

Right to Rent
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What Council Tax issues should I look out for when buying a property?

Council Tax
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Material Information Checklist

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Do you need an EPC for an HMO?

Energy Performance Certificate?
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What is the definition of an HMO for Council Tax?

HMO
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Can I refuse to accept tenants with children in my rented property? (Pre Renters Rights Act commencement)

Children
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2. The New Tenant Checklist

New tenant checklist
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments Tagged With: England only

What is the law on Rent Repayment Orders? (Pre Renters Rights Act commencement)

Rent
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments Tagged With: Delete on RRA commencement, England only, rent repayment order

Fashade v Albustin and others [2023]

County court
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments Tagged With: HMO Licensing, HMO Rules, rent repayment order

Gateshead MBC v City Estate Holdings Ltd

County court
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments Tagged With: HMO Licensing

Mooney v Whiteland [2023]

High Court
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments Tagged With: Notice of Rent Increase

My tenants have registered a limited company at my property address, what can I do?

Company
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments Tagged With: Limited companies

Acheampong v Roman & Ors and Choudhury v Razak & Ors [2022]

County court
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments Tagged With: rent repayment order

Cobb & Ors v Jahanghir [2022]

County court
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments Tagged With: rent repayment order

Kowalek v Hassanein Ltd [2022]

High Court
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Licensing – where a building has several flats, must the landlord get licenses for each flat, or can a single license be obtained for the building?

Flats
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments Tagged With: HMO Licensing, Local Authority licensing

Northumberland Mews Ltd v Thanet DC [2022]

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If my tenant owes me money can this be deducted from their benefit payments?

Money
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments Tagged With: Housing Benefit, Rent arrears, Universal Credit

Simpson House 3 Ltd v Osserman and others [2022]

County court
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments Tagged With: rent repayment order

What is Council Tax Disaggregation

tenancy deposit
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments, Shared Properties & HMOs Tagged With: Council tax, hmo

Should guarantees be signed as a deed?

Signing documents
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments, Tenancy Agreements Tagged With: Guarantees, Signing documents

AA v Rodriguez & Ors [2021]

County court
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments Tagged With: rent repayment order

Global 100 Ltd, Global Guardians Management Ltd & Theo Kyprianou v LB Hounslow [2021]

County court
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments Tagged With: HMO Licensing, rent repayment order

Gurusinghe v Drumlin Ltd [2021]

County court
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments Tagged With: rent repayment order

Williams v Parmar & Ors [2021]

County court
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments Tagged With: rent repayment order

Aviva v Williams [2021]

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Filed Under: Checks and Payments Tagged With: Long leases, service charges

Arnold v Britton & Ors [2015]

County court
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments Tagged With: service charges

Duval v 11-13 Randolph Crescent Ltd [2018]

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Filed Under: Checks and Payments Tagged With: Long leases

Can I refuse to accept applications from applicants on Universal Credit or Benefit? (Pre Renters Rights Act commencement)

Saying No
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments, Consumer Law Tagged With: Consumer, Delete on RRA commencement, Housing Benefit

What are my obligations as a landlord regarding Water & Sewage (Wales)

Taps
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments, The Property Condition Tagged With: old Wales, Wales - The Property Condition Topic, Wales only, Wales water, Water

What are the Breathing Space Regulations?

debt relief breathing space regulations
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments Tagged With: breathing space regulations, Tenant's rights

Awad v Hooley [2021]

County court
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments Tagged With: rent repayment order

Goldsbrough v CA Property Management Ltd [2019]

County court
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments Tagged With: rent repayment order

Ficarra & Ors v James [2021]

County court
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments Tagged With: rent repayment order

What is the fair rent system?

rent
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Rakusen v Jepsen [2023]

The Supreme Court
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments, Shared Properties & HMOs Tagged With: HMO Licensing, rent repayment order, rent to rent

Chan v Bilkhu [2020]

County court
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments Tagged With: HMO Licensing, rent repayment order

Tyler v. Paul Carr Estate Agents [2020]

County court
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments Tagged With: Credit checks, Housing Benefit

What records do I need to keep?

record keeping
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Filed Under: Checks and Payments, Consumer Law, Court Proceedings, Ending Tenancies, General, Shared Properties & HMOs, Tenancy Agreements, Tenancy Deposits, The Property Condition Tagged With: General Legal, record keeping, records

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