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What does Right to Rent mean?

Every landlord must check that tenants can legally rent residential property. Landlords must check a tenant’s original acceptable documents (eg passport) allowing them to live in the UK, must keep the copy documents on file and record the date of the check. Copies of the documents must be kept for the time of the tenancy and one year after.

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Applying for a Workers and Temporary Workers sponsor licence: key personnel and representatives

Applying for a Workers and Temporary Workers sponsor licence: key personnel and representatives This Practice Note details the roles, responsibilities and requirements for the Authorising Officer, Key Contact, Level 1 users and Level 2 users (key personnel) of a sponsor in the Workers and Temporary Workers routes. It also looks at aspects relating to legal representatives. The Worker routes are: • Skilled Worker • Global Business Mobility (GBM)—Senior or Specialist Worker • T2 Minister of Religion, and • International Sportsperson The Temporary Worker routes are: • Charity Worker • Creative Worker • GBM—Graduate Trainee, Service Supplier, Secondment Worker and UK Expansion Worker • Scale-up • Government Authorised Exchange • International Agreement • Religious Worker, and • Seasonal Worker Certain sponsorship aspects looked at in this Practice Note are different for the UK Expansion Worker route. These are highlighted briefly below. For further information, see Practice Note: Sponsoring a UK Expansion Worker—The GBM: UK Expansion Worker sponsor licence aspects. When applying for a sponsor licence, an organisation...

Making an application under the EU Settlement Scheme

Making an application under the EU Settlement Scheme This Practice Note looks at the procedure for submitting applications for settled and pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme (the Scheme). It covers: • the requirement to submit a ‘valid’ application • application procedures for applying for immigration permission under the Scheme (for European Economic Area (EEA) citizens and non-EEA citizens, inside and outside the UK) • the Home Office’s ‘EU Exit: ID Document Check’ app • the evidential requirements (these relate to identity and nationality, residence and the additional documents required for family members) • authorisation for a legal representative to liaise with the Home Office in relation to the application, and • the requirement to keep the Home Office updated in relation to certain details following grant of leave Note that all biometric residence cards (BRCs) and biometric residence permits (BRPs) will expire on 31 December 2024, but at the time of writing the Immigration Rules and guidance have not been amended to confirm whether there will...

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Tenancy agreement—tenancy with a resident landlord

Tenancy agreement—tenancy with a resident landlord This Agreement is made on [date] Parties 1 [name of Landlord] of [address] (the Landlord) 2 [name of Tenant] of [address] (the Tenant) 3 [[name of Guarantor] of [insert address] (the Guarantor)] 1 [ Definitions In this Agreement the following definitions apply: [Agreement Fee • £[amount];] Building • the premises known as [insert details] Communal Areas • [the [eg entrance hall, staircase and landings] of the Building] Communication Service • a telephone (other than a mobile telephone), the internet, cable television or satellite television; Deposit • [amount]; Fixtures and Fittings • any fixtures and fittings set out in the Inventory and Schedule of Condition Furniture and Effects • any furniture, furnishings and effects set out in the Inventory and Schedule of Condition Inventory and Schedule of Condition • the schedule attached to this Agreement setting out and evidencing the state and condition of the Property and any Fixtures and Fittings and Furniture and Effects at the Property at the start...

Tenancy agreement—common law tenancy granted to residential tenant

Tenancy agreement—common law tenancy granted to residential tenant DATE [date] Parties 1 [name of Landlord] [of OR incorporated in England and Wales with company registration number [number] whose registered office is at] [address] (the Landlord) 2 [name of Tenant] of [address] (the Tenant) 3 [[name of Guarantor] of [address] (the Guarantor)] 1 Definitions In this Agreement the following definitions apply: [Agreement Fee • £[amount];] Communication Service • a telephone (other than a mobile telephone), the internet, cable television or satellite television; Fixtures and Fittings • any fixtures and fittings set out in the Inventory and Schedule of Condition; Furniture and Effects • any furniture, furnishings and effects set out in the Inventory and Schedule of Condition; Inventory and Schedule of Condition • the schedule attached to this Agreement setting out and evidencing the state and condition of the Property and any Fixtures and Fittings and Furniture and Effects at the Property at the start of the Term; Legislation • all legislation having effect...

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Where a common law residential tenancy exists: Would the tenancy deposit scheme, and any other statutory requirements, such as Immigration Act 2016 checks, apply? If granted for a fixed term, could the tenancy be brought to an end by any other means other than effluxion of time or forfeiture?

Where a common law residential tenancy exists: Would the tenancy deposit scheme, and any other statutory requirements, such as Immigration Act 2016 checks, apply? If granted for a fixed term, could the tenancy be brought to an end by any other means other than effluxion of time or forfeiture? Statutory requirements for tenancies and whether they apply to common law tenancies Whether a statutory requirement applies to a common law tenancy or only a particular type of tenancy depends on the statutory provision concerned. Tenancy deposit legislation Section 212 of the Housing Act 2004 (HA 2004) makes provision for the Secretary of State (or, in Wales, the National Assembly for Wales) to make arrangements for tenancy deposit schemes to be available for the purpose of safeguarding tenancy deposits. HA 2004, s 213 requires any tenancy deposit to be dealt with in accordance with an authorised tenancy deposit scheme. It requires a landlord who receives a deposit to comply with the initial requirements of an authorised scheme within...

Is a squatter entitled to make an adverse possession claim against the freehold proprietor in the event that the head leasehold title on which the land is actually held has since been voluntarily disclaimed by a company in liquidation?

Is a squatter entitled to make an adverse possession claim against the freehold proprietor in the event that the head leasehold title on which the land is actually held has since been voluntarily disclaimed by a company in liquidation? If land is unregistered, L (a freeholder) grants T (tenant) a lease of that land and T is then dispossessed by S (squatter), the 12-year limitation period runs: • against T, from the date of dispossession, and • against L, from the date of expiry of the lease If the 12-year period is established before the expiry of the lease, S can then retain the land, as against T, during the rest of the term. Once the expiry date passes, L can recover the land from S (no matter how long S has been in possession), provided that L issues a claim for possession within 12 years of that date. If L makes no claim (and subject to any other available defence), S will then also be entitled to...

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Property weekly highlights—14 November 2024

This week's edition of Property weekly highlights includes: a Law Commission consultation on the right to renew business tenancies under Part 2 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, regulations bringing into force local authority rental auctions of vacant high street premises and cases on adverse possession, constructive trusts in family disputes and bankruptcy proceedings and a test case on the provision of electrical reports under the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016.

MHCLG announces HSRAs to revitalise town centres

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has announced the implementation of High Street Rental Auctions (HSRAs), effective from 2 December 2024. This new legal power, introduced by the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023, empowers local councils and authorities to auction leases for commercial properties that have been left vacant for over 365 days within a 24-month period. The government has committed £1m to support the auction process, which aims to revitalise high streets by offering businesses and community groups a 'right to rent' vacant town-centre commercial properties. The HSRAs are part of the government’s broader strategy to support local businesses, with a new Small Business Strategy expected to be published in 2025, outlining further support for small and medium-sized enterprises, including improved access to finance and domestic and overseas markets.

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