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29 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Landlords taking legal action against ‘eye watering’ council licensing](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing-400x310.png)
Four landlords are contemplating seeking a judicial review of a council’s proposed licensing scheme extension. Middlesbrough council is consulting on extending its...
08 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shock Rent Controls legal judgement - landlords and agents “disappointed”](/upload/images/shutterstock_2239146247.jpg)
Scotland’s Court of Session has come down in favour of the Scottish Government when it comes to rent controls. A case against...
03 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb Regulation - Last-ditch bid to stop “laughing stock” rules](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
Trade bodies and short let landlords have made a last-ditch appeal to politicians to stop new rules which could see the...
29 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Chaos! Bid to regulate Airbnb and short lets in tatters after ruling](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Legal_Action-400x310.png)
A plan to regulate short lets such as Airbnbs has been ruled unlawful by a judge before it even comes into...
09 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlords - will you pay to help overturn a rent freeze?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Rent_Freeze1-400x310.png)
Landlords are being encouraged to contribute to a crowdfunding campaign to take legal action regarding rent caps and eviction bans. It follows...
06 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent Controls legislation to be unveiled next autumn](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-3-400x310.png)
The Scottish Government, despite being in the middle of electing a new First Minister, is pressing ahead with legislation for long-term...
06 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Illegal licensing consultation - council goes back to square one](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing1-400x310.png)
A London council is relaunching its consultation on a new borough-wide Additional HMO Licensing Scheme, following feedback from the community. The original...
31 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent Cap Minister and Shelter stopped from speaking with politicians](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Court-UK-2-400x310.png)
A nine-page legal document outlining landlords’ arguments has effectively stopped a controversial housing minister and campaigning organisations giving evidence to a...
25 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Legal challenge to rent controls moves a step closer](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Legal_Action-400x310.png)
A coalition of landlords and lettings groups has submitted a Petition to the Court of Session in Edinburgh seeking a Judicial...
23 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlords urged to challenge eviction restrictions in Corona hotspots](/img/default/llt.png)
A leading property lawyers says he’s willing to act for landlords to take the government to judicial review over its latest...
30 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Appeal against ruling on Right to Rent judicial review](/img/default/llt.png)
The controversial Right to Rent scheme, which requires landlords in England to check the immigration status of their tenants, often leads...
22 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Hounslow Council has u-turned on plans for a landlord licensing scheme](/img/default/llt.png)
Hounslow Council has u-turned on plans to introduce a licensing scheme for landlords. Plans for an additional licensing scheme for landlords were...
09 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Landlords look set to influence the future of the Right to Rent scheme](/img/default/llt.png)
Private landlords will have a major say in a court case considering the future of the government’s Right to Rent scheme. The...
10 July 2019
From: Rental Reform
![New Oxford accreditation scheme is ‘unlawful’, says RLA](/img/default/llt.png)
A new landlord accreditation scheme in Oxford has been deemed both discriminatory and unlawful by the Residential Landlords Association (RLA). The association...
09 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Landlords give preference to white people with British passports, court told](/img/default/llt.png)
A number of buy-to-let landlords are discriminating against prospective tenants based on their nationality and ethnicity due to the impact that...
19 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![High Court review of Right to Rent policy begins today](/img/default/llt.png)
A Judicial Review of the government’s controversial Right to Rent policy, which forces landlords to undertake immigration checks on prospective tenants, will...
18 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Council threatened with a judicial review over ‘unlawful’ licensing plan](/img/default/llt.png)
The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has threatened Great Yarmouth Borough Council with a judicial review over ‘unlawful’ licensing plan because it...
05 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Landlords’ immigration checks ‘creating a hostile environment’, says RLA](/img/default/llt.png)
The controversial Right to Rent scheme requiring landlords to check the immigration status of new tenants is fuelling discrimination and should...
05 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Right to Rent to be challenged in court this week](/img/default/llt.png)
The government is facing a High Court challenge this week to stop it forcing buy-to-let landlords to check the immigration status of...
04 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![More than 400 landlords fined for Right to Rent breaches](/img/default/llt.png)
Buy-to-let landlords have been fined on average just over £654 each by the Home office for failing to meet their obligations...
04 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Right to Rent is a ‘failing policy’ that uses landlords as ‘scapegoats’](/img/default/llt.png)
The government’s Right to Rent' policy has been slammed by a government inspector for failing “to demonstrate its worth” by encouraging...
29 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Britons with no passport struggling to rent due to immigration checks](/img/default/llt.png)
Almost half of private landlords say the Right to Rent scheme has made them less likely to let to those without...
16 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![RLA continuing to lobby Treasury for buy-to-let tax changes](/img/default/llt.png)
Buy-to-let landlords may have failed in their legal battle against planned government tax relief changes for buy-to-let homes set to be...
27 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Disappointment for landlords as court rejects full judicial review of BTL tax](/img/default/llt.png)
Landlords represented by Cherie Blair have failed in their legal battle against planned government tax relief changes for buy-to-let homes set...
08 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Government to be challenged in court today over BTL tax grab](/img/default/llt.png)
Landlords fighting to prevent punitive tax relief changes for buy-to-let income being introduced in April 2017 are ‘hopeful’ that a hearing...
06 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Court date set for potential judicial review of landlord tax relief](/img/default/llt.png)
Landlords fighting to prevent punitive tax relief changes for buy-to-let landlords being introduced next year will get their day in court,...
02 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Landlords could launch legal challenge against licensing scheme](/img/default/llt.png)
More than 80 buy-to-let landlords in Weston-super-Mare have joined forces with a view to taking North Somerset Council to court in...
09 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Landlords fight back against BTL tax grab, but low chance of success](/img/default/llt.png)
A legal campaign to fight punitive tax relief changes for buy-to-let landlords continues to build momentum as campaigners move closer to...
10 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Phase two of Tenant Tax campaign launches](/img/default/llt.png)
A group campaigning for the abolition of the buy-to-let tax grab have launched the second phase of its crowdfunding campaign and...
18 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![Government to be challenged in court over BTL tax grab](/img/default/llt.png)
A legal campaign to fight punitive tax relief changes for buy-to-let landlords has progressed to the next stage. Two landlords, Steve...
02 February 2016
From: Breaking News
![Landlords say “reasonable chance” of judicial review of BTL tax change](/img/default/llt.png)
The two landlords behind a campaign to seek a judicial review of George Osborne’s controversial mortgage interest tax relief change say...
25 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![Investors challenge controversial clause 24](/img/default/llt.png)
A group of landlords and property investors have mounted a legal challenge to the Government’s proposals to increase tax on buy-to-let...
04 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![Legal challenge against Croydon licensing](/img/default/llt.png)
Croydon landlords have launched a legal challenge against selective licensing in the borough. A group of landlords operating as the Croydon Property...