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Reconsider Gas Safety Regulations alongside Section 21

Many of you will be aware of the Caridon Property Ltd v Monty Shooltz case. In short, the landlord, Caridon Property, failed to obtain a possession order based on their Section 21 notice, because His Honour Judge Jan Luba QC ruled that that the requirements of the Deregulation Act 2015 meant their failure to issue a gas safety certificate before the tenancy began invalidated the subsequent Section 21 notice for repossession.

CLS reacts to Government announcement to end Section 21

Today (15th April 2019), the government has outlined plans to consult on new legislation to abolish Section 21 in a bid to end so called ‘no-fault’ evictions. Sherelle Collman, Managing Director of Caridon Landlord Solutions, which specialises in Universal Credit and Housing Benefit advice for private landlords, letting agencies and housing associations comments: