A landlord has been taken to court by the council after he changed the locks to kick out tenant who failed to pay rent at his house. Lee Challinor, of Stoke-on-Trent was found guilty of illegally evicting the victim after a ‘breakdown’ in the relationship. Magistrates at North Staffordshire Justice Centre heard that the resident
A landlord is facing prosecution after 30 occupants were discovered crammed into a three-bedroom property. The house in Dagenham was raided by police and council officers on 16 December. Children were among those found living in squalid conditions. More than 25 people were thought to be living in the main building whilst two were in an illegal
The youngest son of a Dubai property tycoon has split up with the daughter of an eminent Qatari businessman. Haytham al Tajir, 45, and Noor Al Fardan, 32, have taken their legal dispute to Britain’s divorce courts. Noor moved to London following her split and bought a £15 million Mayfair mansion. She pursued her divorce
Francis Investments was taken to court by the borough council for 21 breaches of community protection notices (CPNs) in relation to waste disposal outside properties containing 13 households in Woodbridge Road and nine households in Hervey Street. Although evidence of the breaches had been proven, magistrates found that the company had taken reasonable steps to
Chef Marco Pierre White and his estranged wife Matilde are embroiled in a High Court row over money. Mrs White is asking a judge to consider jailing Mr White for not paying alimony as ordered. Mr White, however, says he cannot afford to pay what he has been ordered. He is asking for a review.
Three people have been given suspended prison sentences after they illegally evicted a tenant. When tenant Kara Cox returned home to her shared house in Rugeley, she found the security code to her floor had been changed and a handwritten note purporting to be her notice of eviction. Ms Cox was unable to access
A landlord has been taken to court after he put his tenants’ lives at risk. The unlicensed landlord was fined after renting out rooms with dangerous electrics in Slough. He was prosecuted after refusing to pay. The landlord was fined £37,000 due to a breach of management regulations and failing to comply with an improvement
A landlord from Bangor has been ordered to stand trial in the Crown Court after he was accused of harassing a tenant and causing her to leave her home. Matthew Betty from Wales, faces a total of five charges, one alleging unlawful harassment of an occupier and four of causing a tenant to leave. It
Camden Council obtained London’s first rogue landlord banning order. The banning order was against a man who repeatedly placed tenants’ lives at risk through letting out unsafe properties in the Euston and King’s Cross areas. Furthermore, he had issued some tenants with agreements in which he claimed he was the landlord, when he was actually
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has agreed to delay rules that would have eased restrictions on how solicitors can provide immigration advice to the public. According to The Law Gazette, the changes were part of a revised set of standards and regulations. Solicitors would have been able to provide immigration advice and services from any type of