Avid followers of Albert Square will have witnessed the tribulations of landlords behaving badly this week. Walford landlord Masood Ahmed errs in dealing properly with tenant Carmel Kazemi’s deposit on termination of her tenancy, even sabotaging her by causing damage to the carpet in an attempt to withhold the funds.
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The beginning of the year has seen a number of casualties in the retail and leisure sectors with numerous household names entering CVAs and, in the case of the retail giant Toys “R” Us, collapsing altogether. Various retailers and leisure operators are falling foul of an increasingly challenging and competitive marketplace but what are CVAs, why have there been so many, and how will landlords be affected by them?
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Following the Assured Tenancies (Amendment) (England) Order 2010 the rent threshold for Assured Shorthold tenancies (“ASTs”) will increase from £25,000 to £100,000. This will take effect from the 1st October 2010.