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Following a Court of Appeal decision in October 2016 (Cardiff County Council v Lee), a landlord seeking to enforce a suspended possession order, as a result of breaches of that order by the tenant, must apply to court for permission before the warrant of possession can be issued.

We have heard this morning that President Donald Trump is not expected to certify Iran’s compliance of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) between Iran and the P5+1 countries.

When enacted, secondary legislation published on 13 September 2017 will permit charitable companies and Community Interest Companies (CICs) to convert into Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIOs) more easily.

The Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 (“the Act”) received Royal Assent in April this year.

The Data Protection Bill was published on 14 September. The Bill is intended to be read alongside the GDPR which comes fully into force in May 2018.

This is achieved by establishing a non-vat grouped, wholly controlled subsidiary company to act as a design and build company (D&B Co).

If you’ve obtained a CCJ against a company or individual but they still haven’t paid, the next step is enforcement action. There is a variety of options available dependent on your circumstances.

Since deregulation was announced and enabled in Section 93 of the Housing and Planning Bill, we’ve been eagerly anticipating sight of the promised draft regulations.

With average levels of bad debt rising at small firms, it’s vital that business owners take steps to help minimise the risk of late payments and recover money more quickly should they need to do so.

The Home Loss Payments (Prescribed Amounts) (England) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/769) come into force on 1 October 2017 (“the Regulations”).

Gareth Hall and Elad Yasdi, assisted by Diarmaid O’Sullivan, are delighted to have worked with Property Pact Ltd on assisting its peer-to-peer platform to become authorised.

A recent case, Poplar Harca –v- (1) Begum (2) Rohim [2017]UKHC 2040 (QB) has provided some useful guidance for social landlords in respect of subletting cases and in the calculation of Unlawful Profit Orders.