Julia Lloyd
Julia Lloyd
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Solicitor for 28 years dealing in all aspects of property disputes including residential landlord and tenant matters. Small-time landlord. Posting under an alias. Comments are not legal advice and should not be relied on as such.
Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 17/06/2026 - 10:38
"Small claims court" if less than £10k claim, so no costs orders. Even an adverse costs order isn't a "CCJ" unless you don't pay and it gets enforced.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Robert Needham at 17/06/2026 - 10:52
Reply to the comment left by Robert Needham at 17/06/2026 - 10:52Discretionary ground.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Billy Gunn at 16/06/2026 - 22:50
Reply to the comment left by Billy Gunn at 16/06/2026 - 22:50I'm in the middle of a dispute about cleaning costs, so will be interested to see what the adjudicator makes of basic contract law principles. Remember you don't have...
Read More →16th June 2026, 2 weeks ago
Perhaps because the cost of professional cleaning rises for all the usual reasons, which tenants fail to appreciate.
Read More →15th June 2026, 2 weeks ago
Note that the 28 day (or longer, where relevant ) period can be extended by agreement (s16A(4) Housing Act 1988).
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 13/05/2026 - 12:20
Reply to the comment left by Paul Essex at 13/05/2026 - 12:20S18 Distress For Rent Act 1737 not repealed by RRA 2025, so yes, in theory.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Desert Rat at 21/03/2026 - 19:15
Reply to the comment left by Desert Rat at 21/03/2026 - 19:15Under RRA you can agree a shorter notice period (within limits). RRA amends the Protection From Eviction Act 1976, which deals with notices to quit.
Read More →21st March 2026, 3 months ago
It's rather odd that the Information Sheet has been published when the relevant piece of secondary legislation implementing it is still in draft, and hasn't been laid before Parliament. (The Assured Tenancies (Private Rented Sector) (Written Statement of Terms etc...
Read More →19th March 2026, 3 months ago
"Extending the term" means granting a new tenancy. You should consider the transitional provisions in RRA and HA 1988, as amended, *very* carefully, as well as the limitations on how early in a tenancy you are allowed to serve a...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Neil Patterson at 23/01/2026 - 10:07
Reply to the comment left by Neil Patterson at 23/01/2026 - 10:07"Granting yourself a lease" is a legal impossibility. You need to transfer the freehold to eg a management co before (or simultaneously with) granting the long leases "to yourself".
Read More →11th September 2025, 10 months ago
There is no "new assured shorthold tenancy system" under RRB. That's the point of it.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Sara Rowland at 12/08/2025 - 08:17
Reply to the comment left by Sara Rowland at 12/08/2025 - 08:17That won't apply because it will be an involuntary bailment, not a contractual one. The former tenant is the bailor, the former landlord is the (involuntary) bailee. Why would...
Read More →Reply to comment left by David Price at 04/08/2025 - 15:52
Probably because of the presumption that when you sell a house you either (a) also sell the contents (check the terms of your contract) or (b) abandon those contents. When a tenancy ends the property in the chattels left behind...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Sara Rowland at 04/08/2025 - 15:12
Reply to the comment left by Sara Rowland at 04/08/2025 - 15:12The 1977 Act does not stipulate a three month period. Much better to rely on provisions in tenancy agreement, if there are any.
Read More →Reply to comment left by David Price at 05/08/2025 - 17:28
Strictly speaking, you have. A claimant should properly bring all claims (of which they have knowledge) arising out of the same facts, in one set of proceedings. Also, don't forget the six year limitation problem if you try to salami...
Read More →Reply to comment left by David Price at 05/08/2025 - 14:40
Except that you can't sue twice for the same debt. Abuse of process.
Read More →4th August 2025, 11 months ago
Probably because of the presumption that when you sell a house you either (a) also sell the contents (check the terms of your contract) or (b) abandon those contents. When a tenancy ends the property in the chattels left behind...
Read More →4th August 2025, 11 months ago
And the stock will be bought up by commercial entities who can afford to spread risk of default/void over a large portfolio. But to cover that risk rents will inevitably have to increase.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Simon Gear at 04/08/2025 - 11:37
Reply to the comment left by Cider Drinker at 04/08/2025 - 11:37Possibly. Depends on quantum, hassle factor and ex-tenant's ability to pay.
Read More →4th August 2025, 11 months ago
No. You claimed "rent arrears". You have a judgement debt for rent arrears (and costs). You can enforce the judgment debt in respect of those arrears and costs, plus the additional costs of enforcement. The other stuff is additional. If...
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