first-tier tribunal Archives

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Housing disrepair claims fail tenants and landlords – legal expert

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th February 2026, 3 months ago | 11

Housing disrepair claims now risk doing more harm than good for tenants, a legal expert has warned. Des Taylor, a...

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Why a rent increase might be held up by Renters’ Rights Act?

Author: Readers Question

2nd December 2025, 5 months ago | 13

Say your flat’s rent is due to increase on 1 January 2027, and you serve a Section 13 notice on...

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Tribunal Rent Decision – HUGE Valuation Discrepancy?

Author: Readers Question

29th September 2025, 7 months ago | 24

Hi everyone, I’m hoping to get some advice on a recent Rent Tribunal decision that has completely floored us. We’re...

Illustration of Ministry of Justice file with “No Disputes” message, symbolising missing rent rise data

Government admits no data exists on rent rise cases

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th February 2025, 1 year ago | 10

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has confessed it doesn’t have any records on the volume and nature of rent rise...

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Property Ombudsman sees spike in leasehold complaints

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st February 2025, 1 year ago | 3

The Property Ombudsman received a 67% increase in complaints about residential leasehold, mainly concerning service charges. The Property Ombudsman received...

Rebuttal to The Telegraph’s Article: “Landlords face six-figure bills in tax avoidance row”

Author: Mark Alexander

26th September 2024, 2 years ago | 10

We appreciate The Telegraph’s interest in recent developments concerning Property118, but the article titled “Landlords face six-figure bills in tax avoidance...

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Ben Beadle claims Renters’ Rights Bill’s Section 21 Ban is “not a big change”

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th September 2024, 2 years ago | 56

Ben Beadle claims removing Section 21 will not be “a significant change for landlords.” In an interview with BBC Radio...

Subletting fees? – ROBINSON AND GREEN VS SIMARC

Author: Readers Question

28th August 2024, 2 years ago | 2

I’m just reposting this in the hope someone can advise further. In the case ‘ROBINSON AND GREEN VS SIMARC’, the...

Landlord overwhelmed by paperwork and financial documents while managing rental property changes.

Help! Freeholder will not fill out LPE1 form

Author: Readers Question

27th June 2023, 3 years ago | 8

Hello, I would appreciate some advice on the process of going to a first-tier tribunal and how to keep costs...

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