Solicitors for Successful Businesses

Thousands of tenants are in arrears with a growing number adding to the total each month. Almost 95,000 tenants were at least two months behind with their rent in the quarter up to the 31 March; an increase of 20% compared with 12 months ago.

Landlords are also putting more possession cases before the Court with the numbers of eviction orders granted up 9% this year. As more tenants struggle with their rent, we predict the number of serious arrears will have increased even more by the end of June. Read the rest of this entry »

The Local Government Group has recently published new fire safety guidance tailored to purpose-built blocks of flats.
There are three main pieces of legislation that govern fire safety – Building Regulations, the Housing Act 2004 and the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.

Building Regulations provide for fire safety measures when a block of flats is first designed and constructed. However, these Regulations provide no ongoing control for the maintenance of these measures once the building is constructed and only have further effect when material alterations are proposed. Read the rest of this entry »