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Tenants legal help – check the property before you sign the tenancy agreement
I advised a client recently who had an unusual problem. After signing the tenancy agreement for his rented property, he discovered there was a total stranger living in a studio flat above his garage!...
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Tenants legal help – avoiding the scammers
Landlord scammers There is a big campaign on just now by Shelter (reported by the Observer) to make people aware of the scams and deceits practiced by some landlords. It should be said first that the...
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TRO Confidential : The case of the reckless man and the criminal police
A day in the life of TRO Ben Reeve Lewis. The case of the reckless man and the criminal police Explanation: Tenancy Relations Officers (TROs) work for local council’s providing advice on landlord...
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TRO Confidential : The case of the culinary horse
A day in the life of TRO Ben Reeve Lewis. The case of the culinary horse Explanation: Tenancy Relations Officers (TROs) work for local council’s providing advice on landlord tenant law and...
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TRO Confidential : The case of the missing landlords
A day in the life of TRO Ben Reeve Lewis. The case of the missing landlords. Explanation: Tenancy Relations Officers (TROs) work for local council’s providing advice on landlord tenant law and...
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TRO Confidential : The Case of the Unintelligible man.
A day in the life of TRO Ben Reeve Lewis. The Case of the Unintelligible man Explanation: Tenancy Relations Officers (TROs) work for local council’s providing advice on landlord tenant law and...
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Tenants legal help – what to do about illegal eviction
Illegal eviction Most landlords are law abiding, and do things properly. Unfortunately, others aren’t. So while the good landlord will wait for the courts to get around to giving him his order for...
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TRO Confidential : The Case of the Shameful Admission
A day in the life of TRO Ben Reeve Lewis. The Case of the Shameful Admission Explanation: Tenancy Relations Officers (TRO) work for local council’s providing advice on landlord tenant law and...
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TRO Confidential – the case of the scheming solicitors
A day in the life of TRO Ben Reeve Lewis. Explanation: Tenancy Relations Officers (TRO) work for local council’s providing advice on landlord tenant law and investigating allegations of harassment and...
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Tenants legal help – the new Landlord Law
People often think that Landlord Law is just for landlords, but actually that is not the case. We have always had a big tenant area with information tailored to tenants needs. A new tenant membership...
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Violent landlords
In society there are always a few people who do not respect societies values or the law, and who will use violence to enforce their will. Unfortunately quite a few of these people are landlords. These...
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TRO Confidential : The case of the devious TRO
A day in the life of TRO Ben Reeve Lewis. The Case of the Devious TRO Explanation: Tenancy Relations Officers (TRO) work for local council’s providing advice on landlord tenant law and investigating...
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Tenants legal help – beware gazumping
I thought I would make this the subject of my Monday tenants feature as I have come across this twice very recently. The first time , it was the subject of one of my Q&A answers which you can see...
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Tenants in the firing line
I have received the following sad story from C, a harassed and frightened tenant, whose landlord’s son actually damaged the door frame (right) when he slammed the door shut on his way out …. 10 May...
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Ben Reeve Lewis' Friday Newsround #7
[We have a new picture of Ben today – so you can see what he really looks like under those shades. But today Ben is going into rant mode … ] Warning….fledgling UKIP zone ahead. Who said we turn into...
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Tenants in the firing line #2
Tenant A – being evicted because of his dog I received this email from tenant A the other day, and he kindly allowed me to publish it. This sort of thing does not put our country in a good light: I...
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On squatter landlords and other legal lettings
Is a tenancy illegal if the landlord does not own the property? I get asked this sometimes by tenants who get very suspicious if they do a search at the Land Registry and find that their landlord is...
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Landlords from hell on Channel four
I have just seen Jon Snow’s Dispatches program on landlords from hell and I have to say that it makes very depressing watching. Tenants forced out of properties without due process because the landlord...
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Ben Reeve Lewis' Friday Newsround #15
[Ben Reeve Lewis explains why he is against prosecution for the sake of it, and boasts a full set of teeth … ] This week’s inspiration comes from two sources. Firstly, nobody in our field of interest...
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