The Weekly Law Reports
[2021] 1 WLR 1937
Queen’s Bench Division
*Northwood Solihull Ltd v Fearn and others
[2020] EWHC 3538 (QB)
2020 Dec 8; 21
Saini J
Landlord and tenant— Assured shorthold tenancy— Order for possession— Corporate landlord letting property to tenants— Landlord providing tenants with certificate confirming accuracy of information provided regarding deposit— Certificate signed by one of landlord’s directors— Landlord subsequently serving tenants with notice of possession— Notice signed by landlord’s property manager— Whether confirmatory certificate and notice required to be executed by company in accordance with statutory requirements— Whether certificate and notice valid—
Housing Act 1988 (c 50), s 8
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Housing Act 2004 (c 34), s 213(5)(6)
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Companies Act 2006 (c 46), s 44
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Housing (Tenancy Deposits) (Prescribed Information) Order 2007 (SI 2007/797), art 2(1)(g)(vii)
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Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) (England) (Amendment No 2) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/1118), Sch, Form No 3