{"id":1246,"date":"2012-02-22T09:00:51","date_gmt":"2012-02-22T09:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.legal4landlords.com\/?p=1246"},"modified":"2012-02-22T09:00:51","modified_gmt":"2012-02-22T09:00:51","slug":"deposits-the-new-defence-to-section-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.withcreative.co.uk\/lforl\/deposits-the-new-defence-to-section-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Deposits the New Defence to Section 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.legal4landlords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/L4L_LegalUpdate.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.legal4landlords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/L4L_LegalUpdate.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1247\" title=\"L4L_LegalUpdate\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.legal4landlords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/L4L_LegalUpdate.jpg\" alt=\"Legal Update by Legal 4 Landlords\" width=\"180\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a>Following a recent High Court decision the new defence to a Section 21 Notice is none compliance with The Housing (Tenancy Deposits) (Prescribed Information) Order 2007<\/p>\n<p>The decision in Suurpere-v-Nice (2011) confirms that the prescribed information must be complied with and if this is not done landlords could be subject to sanction when before the Courts<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">The Sanctions<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">If a possession claim subject to section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 is issued without the information being properly provided and served, the section 21 notice will be invalid and the claim could be struck out.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">A counter claim can be made, and if the prescribed information has not been provided or if the deposit was not registered, the Court may award 3 times the deposit.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Ultimately the deposit protection is the responsibility of the landlord and as managing agents you have a duty to comply with the regulation on behalf of the landlord.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">What is &#8220;Prescribed Information&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2022 The minimum information required by statute that is to be given to the tenant on registration of the deposit. This must be as a separate certificate and signed by the landlord and tenant and not part of the tenancy agreement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2022 This must be a certificate and it must be sent to the tenant with the proof that the deposit has been registered together with any information provided by the individual deposit scheme.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legal4landlords.com\/email\/Landlord_Deposits_Legal_Updates.pdf\">Download our Fact Sheet <\/a>on Deposit Law Issues and Latest Case Law Updates and Clarifications<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The decision in Suurpere-v-Nice (2011) confirms that the prescribed information must be complied with and if this is not done landlords could be subject to sanction when before the Courts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[529,530,531,56,334,102,203,283,532,195,533,534,535,536,537,538,99,134,539],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - 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