For several years after the introduction in April 2007, the requirement for landlords of residential properties to protect the deposit paid to them by their tenants in one of three authorised schemes. The way in which the courts should interpret the...
RIP Penalty Provisions for Failing to Protect Tenant’s Deposit One of the significant changes introduced under the Housing Act 2004 was the requirement for Landlords, from 6 April 2007, to join a Tenants Deposit Scheme. They were required...
Current Law When the Housing Act 1988 was introduced all residential tenancies created after commencement (15 January 1989) were assured tenancies or assured shorthold tenancies unless they fell within one of the exceptions in Schedule 1 to the Act....