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2015 Immigration Bill Seeks to Automatically Criminalise Landlords

November 11, 2015 1:32 pm

Landlords at Risk of Criminal Liability Under the Immigration Bill Landlords or their agents will automatically be committing a criminal offence if told by the Home Office that a tenant is living in the UK illegally. At least, that’s the extremely unfortunate situation to be faced if the 2015 Immigration Bill comes into force as […]

Deposits the New Defence to Section 21

February 22, 2012 9:00 am

The decision in Suurpere-v-Nice (2011) confirms that the prescribed information must be complied with and if this is not done landlords could be subject to sanction when before the Courts