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New rent rules under the Renters' Rights Bill

Holly Monk
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With the introduction of the Renters’ Rights Bill, it will become increasingly important for landlords to set the rent amount carefully. Advertising rent Properties will need to be advertised at a ‘proposed rent’, and landlords will be...

Pets and the Renters' Rights Bill

Holly Monk
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Currently, very few landlords allow tenants to keep pets. This can be for many reasons, including the belief that pets will cause damage or nuisance. However, when the Renters’ Rights Bill comes into force, this will no longer be the case....

Navigating boundary disputes: understanding Land Registry title plans and general boundaries rules

Kimberley Knapper
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Boundary disputes can be complicated and challenging to navigate, especially when dealing with lengthy and complex legal documents like land registry title plans and deeds. Understanding how boundaries are defined and how disputes are resolved, can...

Local authority enforcement and the Renters' Rights Bill

Holly Monk
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The Renters’ Rights Bill will significantly increase the local authority powers to enforce landlord regulations in their area. Currently, only a few local authorities carry out enforcement of landlord regulations. In some areas, there is no...

Companies house changes - failure to prevent fraud

Louise Hebborn
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Under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act Companies House are making some critical changes to its service which impacts all companies, their PSCs (persons of significant control), their registered directors and filing agents. Whilst not yet...

Renters' Rights' Bill - the landlord redress scheme and PRS database

Sophie Chilstone
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Landlord Redress Scheme The Bill is set to introduce the Landlord Redress Scheme. In brief, this will be a free scheme available for tenants who need to raise complaints against their landlord. The schemes aim is to ‘provide for a complaint made by...

A guide to shareholders' agreements

Louise Hebborn
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What is a shareholders’ agreement? A shareholders’ agreement is an agreement entered into between all or some of the shareholders in a company. It regulates the relationship between the shareholders, the management of the company, ownership of...

What are employee share schemes?

Louise Hebborn
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Employee share schemes are a popular way for businesses to incentivise and reward their employees. These schemes allow employees to acquire shares in the company they work for, aligning their interests with the business’s long-term success. They can...

Tenancy agreements & the Renters' Rights' Bill: what landlords need to know

Sophie Chilstone
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On the commencement date of the act, i.e., when the bill comes into force, all existing tenancies will become periodic and any fixed term will cease to apply. Any attempt to create a fixed term tenancy agreement after the act comes into effect will...

Why more businesses are choosing employee ownership trusts (EOTs)

Zainab Porbanderwala
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Thinking about succession planning, future-proofing your company or building a more inclusive workplace culture? An employee ownership trust (EOT) might be worth exploring. This structure allows a business to be owned, indirectly, by its employees -...

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