February 9, 2022
Four people have received warrants to enforce access to their homes in order to carry out fire safety work – will other local councils soon follow suit? Read More
August 29, 2012
A landlord and a letting agents have been prosecuted for failing to protect tenants from the risk of asbestos exposure at a mill in Bolton. Read More
August 17, 2012
A landlord has received a suspended prison sentence after a family suffered carbon-monoxide poisoning at a flat in Lewisham, South London. Read More
May 6, 2011
A landlord has been given a six-month suspended prison sentence for allowing a tenant to live without hot water or heating for two years. Read More
June 18, 2010
Recent high-profile cases in Scotland in which landlords in the social and private rental sectors were sued for personal-injury damages demonstrate the need to keep up to date with best practice in the area, says James Barrowman. Read More
May 9, 2010
A Suffolk landlord has been jailed for 20 months after a tenant was practically baked alive in a fire at one of his properties in Norwich. Read More
February 1, 2010
A commercial property landlord allowed construction workers to be exposed to asbestos during the refurbishment of an industrial unit in Bristol. Read More
April 20, 2009
A landlord has been fined and told he could face a possible prison sentence following multiple breaches of gas safety regulations. Read More
February 25, 2009
A landlord has been fined £40,000 after one of his tenants died from carbon monoxide poisoning, which was caused by a faulty gas fire. Read More
November 4, 2008
A Great Yarmouth landlord was fined a total of £24,840 after he failed to check gas appliances and obtain gas safety certificates in 12 flats he owned in the town. Read More