Can a Landlord Serve a Notice to Leave in Anticipation of Arrears?
The Private Residential Tenancy regime provides that ‘it is an eviction ground that the tenant has been in rent arrears for three or more consecutive months’ (Ground 12 of Schedule 3 of the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016). There appears to have been a perception that a landlord could serve a Notice to Leave […]
Abandonment Proceedings
The Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (2001 Act) allows the landlord of a Scottish Secure Tenancy to recover an abandoned property without the need for court proceedings. Section 17, 18 and 19 of the 2001 Act deal with this procedure. The procedure can only be applied where the landlord has reasonable grounds for believing that: To ascertain if […]
Parental Bereavement Leave – What You Need to Know
In January 2020, the government confirmed that paid parental bereavement leave will be introduced for eligible employees on 6 April 2020. Here we look at the new entitlements, and discuss how employers can support staff going through a bereavement. Quite amazingly, there has been no legal obligation for employers to provide paid time off for grieving […]
Beware Bills for Balcony Repairs!
Having dealt with a number of queries involving balcony repairs in both tenements and flatted dwelling house complexes, it is useful to learn lessons from the experience of others. The recurring question of ownership was highlighted in a recent case, Speirs Gumley Property Management v- Lafferty. Factors for a development in Paisley carried out ‘necessary repairs’ […]
Changes to Inheritance Tax?
The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) has made some recommendations and proposals to make changes to Inheritance Tax. Whilst these proposals may look good on the surface, do they actually lead to the elimination of some useful tax breaks such as taper relief? Timescales A welcome proposal made by the OTS is the reduction of the […]
