News from the Residential Property Investor, the bi-monthly magazine for RLA members other artilces from the June / July 2003 issue RPI news archive

In brief - June / July 2003

tenancy contract has been given a seal of approval by the Office of Fair Trading. Last year the OFT complained about unfair terms found in many tenancy agreements. But last month it announced that after working with the RLA and other organisations 'standard tenancy contracts produced by trade associations, legal stationers and other publishers are now fairer'.

A case concerning a business tenancy has resulted in the ruling that a notice under section 25 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 had 'irrebuttably' been deemed to have been served by being mailed by recorded delivery to the home of the addressee. Moreover, the date of service was the date on which the notice had been mailed, ruled Mr Justice Neuberger when last month giving his judgement on the case of Beanby Estates Ltd v Egg Stores (Stamford Hill) Ltd.

A Sunderland landlord has been fined £3,000 and ordered to pay £200 costs after being prosecuted for failure to comply with a legal notice requiring urgent repairs to gas and electrical installations and fire alarm systems, and removal of rubbish. The case against Razak Al-Hamani was the first brought by the council against a landlord for two years.
 

other artilces from the June / July 2003 issue

• Victims of unfriendly fire
• Empty homes take over
• Little satisfaction in council complaints
• HB reform moves ahead
• HB reform moves ahead
• House prices still climbing
• Empire builder's charter
• Demand grows stronger
• In brief