Publications

Which gas safety records must a tenant receive for a section 21 notice to be valid? Andrew Burrell discusses Muca v El Amrani [2026] EWCA Civ 515. Although ‘no fault evictions’ under s21 Housing Act 1988 were abolished on 1 May under the Renters' Rights Act 2025, the judgment is still relevant to landlords who served a s21 notice before 1 May.

The main provisions of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 are almost upon us. They come into force on 1 May 2026 and as Harrison Engler sets out they are the biggest changes to housing law in decades. Enforcement by local housing authorities is central to the new statutory scheme and will be one of the most significant developments over coming years.

The Renters’ Rights Act represents the most significant overhaul of private rental law in a generation. By abolishing the familiar Section 21 “no-fault” route to possession and consolidating all private tenancies into open-ended assured tenancies, the Act reshapes the delicate balance between landlord flexibility and tenant security. It also reconfigures the web of statutory compliance duties that have, until now, functioned as “technical bars” to possession.

LexisNexis publishes a case analysis of Fatolahzadeh v LB Barnet, in which Genevieve Screeche-Powell acted for the local authority that successfully defended a section 204 of the Housing Act 1996 appeal brought by a homeless applicant. The case raised important points of principle about whether parliament intended an alleged breach of the ‘new’ Housing Act 1996, s 189A duties totally invalidate any subsequent decision to fulfilling its duty to secure suitable accommodation and the role of the s. 202 review process in curing alleged deficiencies.

LexisNexis publishes Genevieve Screeche-Powell and Andrew Burrell's case analysis of R(Begum) v London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The case provides a clear summary of the approach to be taken in determining claims of indirect discrimination, starting with the identification of the correct PCP (provision, practice or criterion).