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Over £80,000 pounds of fines have been imposed on a letting agency and its director. Zenith Accommodation Ltd’s boss, Mohammad Mallick of...

The West Midlands Police force says it’s secured what it calls a “landmark court order” against a rogue landlord who turned...

A landlord has ended up with fines totalling over £90,000 after repeatedly ignoring a council’s selective licensing regime. Stephen Ige pleaded guilty...

A judge has ordered two landlords to pay a total of £14,858 for illegally renting out an unlicensed house without working...

A rogue landlord has been ordered to pay over £60,000 after - in the words of the council - “being found...

A buy to let investor who let out an unsafe and unlicensed property in London has now been hit with a...

A landlord who failed to comply with orders to improve the standard of a property has had to pay over £7,500...

A lettings agent who let a tiny room behind a kitchen in a property in London has been ordered to pay...

A tenant who was ripping off other tenants in an overcrowded bungalow "death trap" has been fined tens of thousands of...

A lettings agency has been fined over £20,000 for failing to licence an overcrowded semi detached house in London. The fine was...

A property management company which ignored a series of housing safety regulations and flouted laws designed to protect tenants’ rights has...

Rent Smart Wales, the licensing and training regime which is now a year old, has taken an agent and a landlord...

A landlord who was found guilty of illegally converting a hotel into 26 flats has been given three months to pay...

A landlord has been prosecuted and fined for evicting a tenant illegally.  Last week, Suhail Mahmood, 30, was convicted at Sheffield Magistrates'...

A property company owner who waged a campaign of harassment and intimidation against a young mother he wanted to illegally evict...

A trade body is warning letting agents and landlords of the need to have detailed evidence to support any deduction made...

A rogue landlord found guilty of waging a campaign of harassment and intimidation against a young mother he wanted to illegally...

Sheffield council claims it receives 2,000 complaints relating to private rental sector conditions each year - and in one month it...

A landlord has been prosecuted and ordered to pay a £12,000 fine as well as over £12,000 in court costs, after...

Sheffield council has prosecuted a private landlord for failing to provide safe accommodation - with a bill of over £10,000 to...

Burnley Council has named and shamed eleven landlords that have been prosecuted for ignoring its selective licensing scheme. One landlord, Pierce Mullally,...

Two landlords have been fined after being found guilty of fire safety failings in their rental properties. Both prosecutions were brought by...

A landlord and his letting agent who failed to declare they were operating a series of bedsits at an address in...

A landlord man has been fined more than £20,000 after admitting renting out substandard houses to 30 people without obtaining a...

A letting agency has been ordered to pay more than £12,000 in fines and court costs after being convicted of seven...

A landlord reported to have received £100,000 in housing benefit from tenants in the past year is to repay court fines...