A landlord was ordered to pay over £1,300 after Stafford Magistrates’ Court heard that the house he let out demonstrated multiple breaches of health and safety legislation and posed a real threat to his tenants’ health.
Company taken to court over unsafe truck hire
A tool and plant hire company has been fined £14,000 (with £8199.74 in costs) by Derby Magistrates’ Court because a worker sustained injuries caused by a defective dumper truck it provided to a farmer in August 2013.
Government’s stance on subletting for private tenants is still no clearer
Following the 2015 Budget announcement, a brief outline was given by the Chancellor for how the Government intends to change legislation regarding private tenants and their ability to sublet.
Google patents system that could see people’s personalities stored in robots
Google has achieved a US patent for a technological system that, in the near future, could potentially have the capacity to download the personality of a celebrity, or a deceased friend or family member, to a robot.
Cleaning is responsible for a rise in deposit disputes between UK landlords and tenants
Letting agents and landlords in the UK are reporting a rise in the number of dirty properties they are being faced with when they conduct an inspection at the tenant check-out stage.