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28 Nov 2016, 11:41 pm
To quote Giles Peaker on Nearly Legal As one agent put it to me on twitter “In practice an agent a person who acts on behalf of the landlord. [read post]
21 Sep 2018, 12:38 am
Shorthold long leases An interesting article from Giles Peaker of Nearly Legal on long leases where he points out that they are probably also assured shortholds if a) the ground rent is over £250 per year (or £1000 per year in London); and b) the property is the only or principal residence of the leaseholder as there is no maximum term for an AST. [read post]
16 Jun 2021, 12:20 am
Safer Renting are represented by Justin Bates (who acted for the successful landlord in Trecarrell House Ltd v Rouncefield in the Court of Appeal and discussed that case with Tessa in a Legal Cases webinar) and my colleague at Anthony Gold Solicitors, Giles Peaker. [read post]
31 Aug 2012, 11:57 am
” The Law Society Gazette was on the case quickly: Lawyers berate new law criminalising squatters Chair of the Housing Law Practitioners Association, Giles Peaker, who was one of the organisers of the letter, said the change amounted to a ‘tax subsidy’ for landlords who leave their properties unoccupied. [read post]
2 Feb 2018, 12:50 am
Peaker said: “I’m delighted the claim was dismissed. [read post]
9 Feb 2018, 12:52 am
Giles Peaker commented that there will be extended disputes over the extent to which landlords can carry out fire safety work within the demised property – and even over who can replace flat entrance doors to be fire safe – and this is likely to be messy, difficult and inconclusive. [read post]
4 Jan 2019, 12:00 am
You will find an explanation of the act on the Nearly Legal site from Giles Peaker who was part of Karen’s team. [read post]
16 Apr 2015, 11:23 pm
On selling off the social housing stock Spoof newspaper Newsthump got their measure this week with a hilarious story entitled “Rough sleepers given right to buy their cardboard boxes” in response to stories elsewhere that Cameron says if you pick him he will introduce the right to buy for housing association tenants as well To which top lawyer Giles Peaker commented that there could be serious human rights challenges to the plan. [read post]
7 Jul 2017, 1:23 am
Legal Aid and Grenfell Another story picked up by Giles Peaker on Nearly Legal is the widely held view that legal aid cuts prevented the Grenfell Tower tenants from challenging the Council on the unsatisfactory improvement works to the tower. [read post]
28 May 2015, 11:07 pm
Giles Peaker over at Nearly Legal cottoned on to the between-the-lines announcements for housing floated out by the PM the week before in his rants about immigration. [read post]
29 Aug 2013, 11:24 pm
It wasn’t me … Being a council enforcement officer I read with great interest Giles Peaker’s article on Nearly legal about the landlord who illegally evicted his tenant and was ordered to pay a whopping £24,600 in damages. [read post]
28 Feb 2014, 12:35 am
As Giles Peaker comments in the article:- “This judicial review is possibly one for the ‘what were they thinking? [read post]
6 Nov 2015, 12:47 am
As Giles Peaker explains: “The key point to take from this is that ‘returned’ is clearly arguable as meaning exactly that. [read post]
28 May 2021, 1:53 am
Giles Peaker of Nearly Legal has a slightly different message to landlords: The track record of all these setups – sham licenses, defrauded property owners, properties converted for more bedrooms without permission, unlicensed HMOs, illegal evictions and harassment and all – will doubtless keep going in some form. [read post]
27 May 2022, 12:04 am
Giles Peaker, a partner at Anthony Gold says it’s increasingly clear that attempts to rely on it being ‘someone else’s job’ to tell the landlord they have a licensable HMO, will fail. [read post]
25 Jan 2018, 12:49 am
The fine details of how it will work need to be hammered out and Giles Peaker over on Nearly Legal has been heavily involved since the outset, so he will no doubt be right on the money as the Bill works its way into a law. [read post]
26 Sep 2014, 12:15 am
Nearly Legal and the Focus E15 Group In my search to avoid normal housing news this week I got suckered in by Giles Peaker over on Nearly Legal, who begins his article: “This is not exactly a housing law post,” Only to find that is exactly what it was….shame on you Mr P. [read post]
18 May 2018, 10:40 am
Congratulations to Giles Peaker of Nearly Legal fame who has been shortlisted to be Housing Legal Aid solicitor for the year, an award made by the Legal Aid solicitors Group. [read post]
18 May 2018, 10:40 am
Congratulations to Giles Peaker of Nearly Legal fame who has been shortlisted to be Housing Legal Aid solicitor for the year, an award made by the Legal Aid solicitors Group. [read post]
24 May 2020, 1:51 pm
Giles Peaker, a housing solicitor, told us in those circumstances that “failure to comply with a PAP simply cannot prevent a possession order being made, or indeed result in a delay to a possession order being made to any significant degree”. [read post]
