All articles by Lorraine Dindi

When can I change the terms of an employment contract?

Factors to consider before proposing a change to employment terms

When a rental property is in receivership (Part 1)

What happens to the tenant?

What your business contract needs to be speaking about

When silence does not speak louder than words.

What is the difference between a house in multiple occupation and a bedsit?

Classifying property and your obligations.

What does a ‘let only’ letting agent do?

The services provided by a let only letting agency

What does a ‘full management’ letting agent do?

The services provided by a full management letting agency

What contract does a landlord need?

5 questions to help you pick the right tenancy agreement

What consents does a landlord need before renting a property? (Part 2)

Bridges to cross when renting property

What consents does a landlord need before renting a property? (Part 1)

Bridges every landlord needs to cross before letting their property

What are the grounds for serving a section 8 notice?

For what reasons can you start the process of ending an assured shorthold tenancy?

What is an NDA and why is it important?

When you should use a NDA

Ways to end an AST that are not an eviction notice

How can a landlord or letting agent end a tenancy without a section 8 or 21 notice?

Updates to Form 3 and Form 6A

Government updated forms needed to serve Section 8 and 21 notices.

Update on Section 21 Notices

Section 21 Notices in 2021.

The regulatory future of England’s letting agencies

On the 2nd anniversary of RoPA’s groundbreaking report

The nature of the landlord-tenant relationship

A history of the landlord-tenant relationship and how it is shaped today

Tackling anti-social tenant behaviour in your contracts

Learning from south Liverpool’s ongoing crisis

Student lettings: where to focus your attention

Key features of a student tenancy agreement.

Sharing liability: Letting agent and landlord

In law, is a landlord responsible for the actions of their agent?

Rental property is in receivership (Part 2)

When a mortgagee wants to sell the tenant’s home

Property Management and Legionnaire’s disease

Everything to know about controlling Legionella risk in a rental property

Preparing your contracts for the next pandemic

Force majeure is what you're looking for.

Making sure your tenancy agreement is worth the paper it is on

Why your tenancy agreements might not be as enforceable as you think they are

Lease or Licence to Occupy? How the law decides

If it looks, walks and talks like a tenant, can it be a lodger?

Landlords: Your responsibilities when letting a sole occupancy

Single occupancy, multiple obligations.

Landlords: Your obligations when letting a student house

Know your responsibilities

Landlords: Your obligations when letting a bedsit

Don’t sit on your obligations.

Landlord rights in an emergency

How should a landlord handle an emergency?

Land law cases on the requirements of a lease

What the case law says on the essential elements of a lease

Key terms in a student tenancy agreement template

How to read your tenancy agreement with student tenants

Key ingredients for a sensible business contract

Learn about the key ingredients for a business contract.

Clauses missing in your letting agency’s terms of business template (Part 1)

3 things missing in your agency’s template agreement with landlords

IR35 vs. Off-payroll tax: What is the difference

Tax and independent contractors.

IR35 calculator: what is it and how to use it?

Calculating what contractors owe HMRC.

How your sole occupancy may qualify for council tax discount

Insight into the single person discount for single lets

'How to rent' guide

What is it and why is it a legal requirement?

How to change the terms of an employment contract?

4 key stages in implementing a change of employment terms

How are letting agencies regulated?

How letting agencies can ensure compliance.

From legislating to Legislate

A roadmap from 2050 BCE to Legislate.

Data protection and letting agents

How the UK’s data protection laws impact letting agencies.

Data protection and landlords

How the UK’s data protection laws impact private landlords.

Council tax and rental properties

How much is it and who has to pay it?

Comprehensive guide to notice periods in England and Wales

How and when to serve notices.

Clauses missing in your letting agency’s terms of business template (Part 2)

Don't cover up the cracks.

3 things missing in your tenancy agreement template

...and they’re 3 things you don’t want to be.

Lorraine Dindi

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