Residential Landlord & Tenant - Identifying & Managing Contentious Issues

Introduction

The Renters' Rights Act 2025 will not be the only contentious issue between landlords and their residential tenants in 2026.

There will be problems between tenants caused by one tenant’s behaviour, such as excess noise, and it is hard to work out whose responsibility it is to fix this problem - the managing agent? The landlord? The aggrieved tenant themself?

Additionally, tenancy deposit protection requirements (and the accompanying confusing case law) are here to stay following the abolition of section 21. Finally, there’s the all-important question for clients - will I be able to recover my costs of this litigation?

What You Will Learn

This live and interactive course will cover the following:

• Tenancy deposit protection and their requirements both pre- and post- Renters Rights Act 2025. They are not vanishing with the abolition of section 21!
• The grounds for possession in reliance on a section 8 notice, both pre- and post- Renters Rights Act 2025
• The rules on the recovery of costs in proceedings, including when fixed costs apply, the relevance of a costs clause in a tenancy agreement, and whether a claim is likely to be allocated to the Small Claims Track, Fast Track, Intermediate Track or Multi-Track
• What to do if one tenant is causing a nuisance affecting the entire block of flats - can a landlord be liable for a tenant’s nuisance? Is there a contractual remedy?

Recording of live sessions: Soon after the Learn Live session has taken place you will be able to go back and access the recording - should you wish to revisit the material discussed.