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19/03/2026
Four tenants have won rent repayment orders totalling £23,177 after a tribunal rejected their landlord’s attempt to argue he was unaware of his legal duties around HMO licensing.
The First-tier Tribunal ruled that he had commi…
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13/03/2026
Two separate studies point to a clear rise in tenancy-related disputes, though the pressures appear to be emerging in different ways.
An industry legal company reports that formal tenancy disputes in England and Wales are climbing b…
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11/02/2026
An industry association has reported that landlords in England are being approached to participate in testing for a contentious new database.
The database is being developed as part of the Renters Rights Act.
In its commentary, th…
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22/01/2026
Landlords accused of unlawful eviction or harassment may be subject to harsher jail sentences under proposed changes.
A new Sentencing Council consultation suggests that current levels of imprisonment for these offences are fa…
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18/12/2025
Ibrahim Ahmed, 24, launched a knife attack on his landlord at the man’s front door, and the victim survived only because nearby passers-by intervened.
A 24-year-old tenant has been jailed for 21 years after attempting to kill his la…
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17/12/2025
A London landlord family has been hit with a court order to pay more than £929,000 after being found guilty of illegally converting a property and breaching planning laws.
The ruling brings to an end a six-year legal battle pu…
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20/11/2025
Tenant advocacy group Generation Rent has voiced concern over what it sees as a widespread failure by councils to hold rogue landlords accountable. Despite receiving an estimated 300,000 tenant complaints over the past three years, two-thirds of l…
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07/11/2025
Chancellor Rachel Reeves will not face any formal sanction for renting out her family home for over a year without the required selective licence.
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Initially, Reeves acknowledged the oversight, stating she had …
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27/08/2025
A landlord association has raised alarm over escalating delays in the court system, as repossession waiting times continue to climb—even as the volume of claims declines.
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New data from the Ministry of Justice …
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18/08/2025
During routine inspections, a landlord already convicted of assaulting an estate agent discovered Cannabis Farms operating in three of his Kent rental properties.
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Fergus Wilson, the notorious landlord, now fac…
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12/08/2025
A landlord couple from Worksop have been ordered to pay £171,964 in fines and legal costs after not bothering to make urgent repairs that left tenants’ lives at risk.
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Baminy Suresh, 40, and husband Sures…
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30/06/2025
Samy Daim admitted to 11 counts of fraud by false representation at Inner London Crown Court, including unsuspecting teenage-aged student tenants with the offences taking place between 2023 and 2024.
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His metho…
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24/06/2025
Four landlords have been permanently added to the Database of Rogue Landlords following enforcement action by West Northamptonshire Council.
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Dimitrii Viconchi -Salisbury Street, Northampton - Karlis Cern…
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17/06/2025
A London landlord has been hit with a £20,000 fine after repeatedly ignoring a council-issued planning enforcement notice.
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Ijaz Hussain bought the Dagenham property in 2004 when it was a single-family ho…
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18/03/2025
A private landlord has won a case before the First-tier Tribunal following an unsuccessful Rent Repayment Order (RRO) claim filed by tenants.
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The tribunal determined that the landlord had fulfilled all necessary licensing…
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13/03/2025
Tower Hamlets landlords Aminur Rahman and Sofina Begum have faced prosecution after it was uncovered that their two-bedroom rental flat housed 23 occupants. This severe overcrowding led to a substantial fine of over £90,000.
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06/03/2025
Nicole May, a Cardiff landlord, was prosecuted for attempting to evict her tenant via WhatsApp.
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Cardiff Council successfully brought the case to Cardiff Magistrates' Court, where May pleaded guilty to illegal …
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24/02/2025
A rogue landlord has been fined £37,000 after authorities discovered 18 people living in a three-bedroom house in North London.
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Charles Egbiremolen, 57, had converted a three-bedroom house into eight bed…
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14/02/2025
A landlord who failed to licence a House of Multiple Occupation (HMO) and violated fire safety standards has been ordered to pay substantial fines.
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The case against the landlord Hajra Mehmood was brought befor…
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29/11/2024
A legal firm has slated a report stating that councils in England and Wales have failed to properly sanction rogue landlords.
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The controversial report released by the firm and widely covered in the media, …
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Fit for Habitation|March 2019 The ACT is intended to define minimum standards a rental property MUST
be and makes a clearer pathway way for Tenants to be compensated|https://www.pims.co.uk/fit_for_habitation_act_march_2019/
Guarantor|The person who provides a guarantee and promises to make payment good should the person responsible for the agreement fail|http://www.pims.co.uk/guarantors/
MEES|The Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard (MEES) Landlords are charged with the requirement to bring their rental property to a minimum EPC rating of E. Property with F and G rating will effectively be banned from the rental market April 2018 |http://www.pims.co.uk/epc/
Section 11|Section 11 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 places an obligation on the landlord to maintain the structure and exterior of the property, including installations for the supply of water, gas and electricity, heating systems, drainage and sanitary appliances|http://www.pims.co.uk/landlord-section-11-repairs/
serving date|This date is the date deemed received at the property - as an example if posted allow for posting days|/serving-notice-on-a-tenant-delivery-days/
Tenancy Application|The objective of vetting is to empower yourself so you can make an informed decision as to the calibre of the prospective person. Making your decision on facts and figures is invaluable and this is why you should always take references. The application form also provides you with permission to perform credits. This form details all the information you should ever require deal with most eventualities including absconding tenants|http://www.pims.co.uk/doc/57/
Tenant Fees|From June 2019 where renting properties in England gone are the days of charging for admin, letting fees, vetting, references,
inventory, check in, check out, cleaning, pet insurance or ANY other fee
that is not explicitly permitted within the legislation. |https://www.pims.co.uk/ban_letting_fees_act_2019/