Lawyers prepared for an increase in divorce inquiries on Monday 6 January which has been dubbed ‘Divorce Day’. Financial troubles and the stress of trying to create the perfect Christmas are cited as the main reasons why couples decide to break up at this time of year. 2020 is expected to see the introduction of legislation
A new Government crackdown will see sensors that detect damp and the cold planted in rented homes to catch rogue landlords. The move is one of a series of pilot projects being funded by ministers in a bid to give more help to hard-pressed renters. The scheme will see rogue landlords and unreliable letting agents
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