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A convicted gangster caught with £500,000 worth of heroin has been refused entry to the landlord register in Scotland. This will mean...

The police have issued a 16-point guide for landlords to identify and guard against their properties being used as cannabis farms. This...

Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service has prosecuted a landlord for failing to comply with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005,...

An advisory service is warning landlords to heed the lessons from a recent court case concerning legal obligation to ensure fire...

A landlord has been sentenced to six months in prison - suspended for 18 months - and 250 hours community service...

High profile landlord Fergus Wilson has been sentenced to six months in prison suspended for three years and ordered to pay...

A woman who faked documents and posed as a private landlord in an elaborate tenancy scam has been jailed. Natalie Chamberlain, aged...

A landlord faces a hefty jail sentence unless she finds over £50,000 in the next three months - and on top...

A fire and rescue service has successfully prosecuted a landlord for failing to comply with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order...

Anonymous reports of energy theft have skyrocketed by 62% since 2021, Crimestoppers’ figures reveal.  In 2023 alone, the charity received 11,552 reports...

A council has been slammed for its “absolutely outrageous” failure to stop the eviction of up to 80 tenants - a...

A council has served closure orders on three properties in Bridlington, following police warrants for drug related organised crime at the...

Nirpaul Riat’s career as a rogue landlord has ended after judges in London fined him £300,000 following two decades of managing...

A specialist buy to let mortgage broker says the government must help landlords with mortgage costs, as well as owner occupiers...

A council chief has spoken out in support of landlords who lost money to a “despicable fraudster” who is now in...

A three bedroom house has been freed up after a remarkably long investigation by a London council.  The result follows a legal...

The landlord of a cellar ‘flat’ where a fire resulted in the death of a man has been jailed for breaching...

A court has heard that Amjad Ali Khattak, owner of a flat in Oxford, removed his tenant’s possessions and left them...

A rogue landlord has been sentenced to 10 months in prison at Chesterfield Crown Court for the state of his properties. In...

The London Mayor has been told to act urgently against the landlords of so-called ‘exempt accommodation’ in London. This is the largely-unregulated...

A maverick landlord who has hit the headlines countless times in recent years has lost his latest bid to sue the...

Lambeth council in south London has prosecuted a rogue landlord who illegally ran a bed-sit in the borough. Frank Otuo of Putney...

The current system of so-called ‘exempt rental accommodation’ has been condemned by MPs as “a complete mess” which wastes taxpayers’ money...

A London landlord has been fined and ordered to pay a confiscation order for ignoring planning rules Magistrates ordered landlord Zulfiqar Ahmed...

A convicted murderer has been blocked from becoming a private landlord. In Scotland landlords have to be registered before operating, with consent...

A landlord has pleaded guilty of four counts of breaching a Criminal Behaviour Order and told to expect to pay “a...

In what has been described as a ‘first’ by the local authority concerned, a rogue landlord has been banned from letting...

A couple growing cannabis at a house in Cambridgeshire jumped through a window and hid in the loft of their rental...

A landlord has been sentenced to 12 months imprisonment for the illegal eviction and harassment of a tenant, and has been...

A man has been sentenced to 33 years after murdering his landlords at their property in south London. Daniel Briceno Garcia was...

A council has secured a banning order against a rogue landlord who was found guilty of failing to comply with legal...

A rogue landlord prosecuted for illegally squashing seven flats into a development with planning permission for six must pay around £250,000.  In...

A landlord has been accused of a “disgusting offence” after installing a camera in the bathroom of a house he let...

A London council has prosecuted a builder - Valeriu Sandu, of Valmic Properties Limited - for lying about fitting sufficiently fireproof...

A London council has secured banning orders against four rogue landlords after they were found to be letting an unlicensed and...

A landlord has been jailed for six months, suspended for a year, after being found guilty of illegally evicting a tenant...

A London landlord has been ordered to pay over £64,000 for breaking housing regulations. In July last year Sumon Miah was found...

The sleaze allegations engulfing the government have moved to those MPs letting out their London homes while claiming money from taxpayers...

Over 150,000 households in Britain are in ‘exempt’ accommodation, a rental sector which some say is “dangerously under-regulated.” ‘Exempt accommodation’ is intended...

A landlord must pay thousands of pounds after illegally letting an outbuilding for over three years. Paul Vig admitted failing to comply with...

A local authority admits it is using covert cameras to spot landlords illegally fly-tipping. Darlington council claims there have been several incidents...

A London landlord has been ordered to pay almost £275,000 for failing to comply with an existing planning enforcement notice. Mrs Anja...

A landlord in the north of England has been given a suspended prison sentence and a huge fine for fire safety...

A landlord has been given a hefty fine for housing vulnerable tenants in hazardous conditions in a case brought by a...

A landlord has been sentenced to nine months imprisonment suspended for two years for breaches of fire safety legislation. Thirunavukkaradu Kuladaisamy, the...

A man who tried to frame his landlord’s partner as being involved in the Westminster terrorist attack has been jailed. Gerald Banyard,...

A serial-offender landlord has been fined for putting tenants at serious harm from fire and exposing them to substandard and dangerous conditions. Nilendu...

A council which has 20,000 unregulated rental properties within its area has launched a new charter to improve standards. The unregulated properties...

A landlord in his 70s who claims he was just ‘helping people’ has been handed a suspended prison sentence. That’s because he...

A landlord who persistently broke residential lettings rules has been banned from operating in what a local council calls “a landmark...

A Crown Court judge has ordered a landlord to pay back almost £750,000 in illicit earnings made from overcrowded properties in...

A gas engineer was shocked to come across a large cannabis grow in a rental property after being called to change...

Two men - one a landlord, the other a shopkeeper- have been jailed after being found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter. Mushtaq...

A landlord in south west of England has been given a nine month prison sentence, suspended for 18 months, following a...

A landlord has admitted voyeurism and has been handed a suspended prison sentence and placed on the sex offenders’ register for...

A landlord who breached a court order not to harass or evict his tenants has been given a prison sentence.  Saakib Khan,...

A London landlord must pay over £280,000 in three months after housing eight people in a flat deems illegal for even...

Mark Horsey, a landlord who has been convicted of voyeurism, has now been banned from continuing to work in the financial...

Summer 2020 saw changes to the 30-day Capital Gains Tax (CGT) rule come into force and talk of a CGT increase...

A landlord has been prosecuted following the death of a tenant in a house fire at an HMO said to have...

A London landlord who ignored six enforcement notices served by his local council has been ordered to pay over £300,000. Salim Mussa Patel...

Two landlords have been fined over £100,000 after 35 people were found living in what a judge called “criminally improper conditions.” Arun...

The Financial Conduct Authority wants to find people who unwittingly invested in an unauthorised land banking scheme - they may be...

A landlord who unlawfully let cramped and overcrowded bedsits and then harassed tenants who complained has been fined thousands of pounds...

Buy-to-let landlords in Walthamstow, north east London, have been ordered to pay a collective total of £375,000 after modifying their buy-to-let...

It has been just over a month since changes to the 30-day Capital Gains Tax (CGT) rule came into force and...

An amendment is urgently required to the Renters’ Reform Bill to prosecute “sex for rent” landlords and reassure victims that they...

A buy-to-let landlord has been ordered to pay back a whopping £190,000 after he was caught receiving rental from illegal flats. A...

An unscrupulous landlord who illegally rented out properties in Fife has been sentenced to two years in prison after failing to...

A now-former council tenant in north London has been handed a suspended sentence and ordered to pay close to £90,000 after...

A letting agent has been ordered to pay back just £850 despite pocketing more than £16,000 at the expense of three...

A buy-to-let investor, who previously spent time in prison for perjury after he lied during an inquiry into the deaths of...

A buy-to-let landlord who claimed that he needed a council home has been ordered to pay back more than £48,000 or...

Private landlords will have a major say in a court case considering the future of the government’s Right to Rent scheme. The...

A couple from Barry in Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, have been handed suspended prison sentences for benefit fraud after being convicted...

A man has been jailed for a six years and three months for stabbing his landlord in an unprovoked attack. Ainars Jozans,...

A rogue landlord who made almost £130,000 in illegal rent after converting his three-bedroom house in east London into two flats...

A private landlord in Lincoln has been warned that he could be given a prison sentence of up to 15 months...

We all know that investing in a buy-to-let (BTL) property is a huge responsibility, but for those of you who are...

Few people familiar with the UK property market would dispute the fact that the Right to Rent scheme has been deeply...

A buy-to-let landlord who converted a flat in London Bridge into ‘cramped bedsits’ without planning consent has been ordered to pay...

A buy-to-let landlord who allowed tenants to occupy rooms without windows after failing to get planning consent for a block of...

A tenant who was found guilty of deliberately burning down a property he was renting four years ago was sentenced to...

A buy-to-let landlord who used violence and intimidation to illegally evict his tenant has been handed a suspended jail sentence and...

A new fire safety campaign urging private sector landlords and letting agents to always abide by the law and install smoke...

Who are you?  Paul Shamplina What does it say on your business card? Founder and Director of Landlord Action and Brand Ambassador of...

Three rogue directors of a letting agency in London who conned at least landlords and tenants out of more than £105,000 were...

Rogue landlords who converted terrace houses into shoebox flats without planning permission have been ordered to re-pay illegal income or face...

Letting a home can be an intimidating task if you’re doing it for the first time. You may have deliberately entered...

A notorious rogue landlord who illegally built a number of tiny bedsits across North West London has been ordered to pay...

A woman who repeatedly ignored council orders to stop renting ‘beds in sheds’ has been ordered to pay back almost £450,000...

Landlord Gas Safety Certificate: How to Keep Your Tenants Safe There are plenty of safety considerations when renting out a property. Arguably,...

An unscrupulous landlord has been ordered to pay close to £30,000 after being found guilty of a number of breaches relating...

All letting agents in Scotland must now be signed up to a new register in order to trade legally. The Letting Agent...

Buy-to-let landlords in Scotland are being reminded that new rules have been introduced which affect the way letting agencies are able...

A landlord from Blackburn has been fined after failing to maintain gas appliances at his rental properties in Norwich. Norwich Magistrates’ Court...

The government has been urged to introduce new legislation to outlaw the “scandalous” and “immoral” practice of sex for rent deals. Liz...

A rogue landlord who swindled £28,000 from a family friend has been sentenced to four years in prison. Mark Thorogood of Maelgwyn...

The law has finally caught up with a letting agent who stole £22,000 from clients, including landlords. Peter Bell, now the former...

A buy-to-let investor, who previously spent time in prison for perjury after he lied during an inquiry into the deaths of...