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A lettings agency employee who diverted over £50,000 of landlords’ money into his own account has been given a suspended sentence. Paul...

Two suspended sentences, community service, a fine and disqualification from being a director - those form the penalty for a rogue...

An agent has been banned from letting properties under ‘fit and proper person’ legislation in Scotland, following an incident in which...

The cash value of tenancy deposits crooked landlords and letting agents have been convicted of pocketing in 2018 has already passed...

A local authority has prosecuted a landlord for illegally evicting a tenant. Tendring district council prosecuted Lisa Bottone of Chelmsford who admitted...

A landlord who admitted threatening violence against a tenant who left the property he was renting has been given a substantial...

A fraudster has been jailed after being convicted on nine counts of fraud, theft and forgery relating to property firms which...

An estate agent from Devon who conned landlords, tenants and even his friends out of a total of £157,250 has been...

Yet another local authority looks likely to adopt a licensing scheme for private rental sector properties, described as a bid “to...

A managing agent who tried to force out his tenants by filling the stopcock chamber with cement so that they would...

A private landlord has been prosecuted after failing to provide gas safety certificates for two rented properties.  Harrogate Magistrates’ Court heard that...

A landlord has received a six month suspended jail sentence, has been ordered to carry out 200 hours of community service...