Landlord Action

Landlords are losing thousands as court delays become critical

Author: Paul Shamplina

10th December 2014, 12 years ago | 3

Under-resourced county courts are exasperated by the number of possession claims being put forward, resulting in costly delays for landlords. ...

Delighted as Revenge Eviction Bill is defeated

Author: Paul Shamplina

29th November 2014, 12 years ago | 47

The Tenancies Reform Bill presented by Liberal Democrat MP Sarah Teather and aimed at stopping Revenge Evictions, has failed to...

Landlord Action Scoops Top Supplier at Landlord & Buy-to-Let Awards

Author: Paul Shamplina

27th November 2014, 12 years ago | 2

A year on from acquiring law firm status as part of our perpetual efforts to raise industry standards, particularly in...

Government move to issue accelerated possession claims online

Author: Paul Shamplina

13th November 2014, 12 years ago | 5

From today, the Government has launched a new service which enables landlords to start the process of evicting tenants using...

Landlords are making more use of the Section 21 Accelerated procedure

Author: Paul Shamplina

22nd October 2014, 12 years ago | 1

Since Landlord Action started in 1999, which incidentally is also the year the Section 21 accelerated procedure was introduced, we...

It’s Redress-Day for Letting Agents

Author: Paul Shamplina

1st October 2014, 12 years ago | 6

At last the Government has agreed that every letting agent in England and Wales must join an authorised consumer redress...

New Deposit Service launched

Author: Paul Shamplina

9th September 2014, 12 years ago | 48

As many as 38% of landlords calling the Landlord Action legal helpline for advice on evicting a tenant have failed...

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Landlord action to appear on BBC One programme Inside Out

Author: Paul Shamplina

11th August 2014, 12 years ago | 6

I carried out some filming with BBC One’s Inside Out programme on Friday. After setting off early and getting stuck...

Using a section 21 should not be considered a Revenge Eviction

Author: Paul Shamplina

29th July 2014, 12 years ago | 10

I would like to provided clarity over what constitutes a Revenge Eviction, and what is simply a landlord serving notice...

The Property Redress Scheme and the Lettings Industry

Author: Paul Shamplina

3rd July 2014, 12 years ago | 12

The Property Redress Scheme held its first meeting this week and I was delighted to be asked to attend. This...

Landlords will pay a heavy price for the tenants to leave

Author: Paul Shamplina

6th June 2014, 12 years ago | 4

We recently had an enquiry where we helped a desperate landlord and wanted us to assist in obtaining vacate possession....

Extortionate court fee increases will impact landlords

Author: Paul Shamplina

9th April 2014, 12 years ago | 3

Landlord Action has lambasted Government plans to increase court fees as “extortionate”.  The planned changes will take effect from 22nd...

Guarantor faced up to pay by Landlord Action

Author: Paul Shamplina

25th March 2014, 12 years ago | 2

As a landlord, if your tenants are a young couple, on housing benefit or there was a question relating to...

Letting agent workshops on the sharp end by Paul Shamplina

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th January 2014, 13 years ago | 0

Agents are being educated on making the most of the ‘sharp end’ of the industry in Letting agent workshops. When...

Private Rented Sector Think Tank

Author: Paul Shamplina

5th December 2013, 13 years ago | 7

On 29th November, I attended the DCLG (Department for Communities and Local Government) workshop all about the Private Rented Sector....

My tenant is trashing my house!!

Author: Paul Shamplina

17th October 2013, 13 years ago | 0

At Landlord Action we just don’t evict tenants for rent arrears or ending the tenancy because the landlord wants the...

Rent to Rent Discussed on Radio 4 today in the next few minutes!

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th October 2013, 13 years ago | 9

This Broadcast was meant to be last Wednesday but is instead being run today  between 12pm-1pm. Paul Shamplina, Founder of...

Legal Advice – West Bromwich Building Society Class Action

Author: Justin Selig

2nd October 2013, 13 years ago | 0

As you will be aware, we are actively looking for a suitable course of action to oppose the planned increase...