The Legislate Blog

Articles to help you take control of your contracts.

How to hire a team quickly

The 5 step process to recruit faster.

Charles Brecque

June 22, 2021

Tackling anti-social tenant behaviour in your contracts.

Learning from south Liverpool’s ongoing crisis

Lorraine Dindi

June 21, 2021

Council tax and rental properties

How much is it and who has to pay it?

Lorraine Dindi

June 18, 2021

What does a ‘full management’ letting agent do?

The services provided by a full management letting agency

Lorraine Dindi

June 18, 2021

What does it mean to have a joint tenancy?

Your obligations under a joint tenancy.

Catherine Boxall

June 17, 2021

The regulatory future of England’s letting agencies

On the 2nd anniversary of RoPA’s groundbreaking report

Lorraine Dindi

June 17, 2021

What does a ‘let only’ letting agent do?

The services provided by a let only letting agency

Lorraine Dindi

June 17, 2021

What are periodic tenancies?

How do periodic tenancies work?

Olivia Evans

June 17, 2021

How are letting agencies regulated?

How letting agencies can ensure compliance.

Lorraine Dindi

June 16, 2021

ASTs and Tenancy Deposit Schemes

Where must a landlord keep your deposit?

Catherine Boxall

June 16, 2021

Sharing liability: Letting agent and landlord

In law, is a landlord responsible for the actions of their agent?

Lorraine Dindi

June 15, 2021

Holding Deposits

What are they and how must they be used?

Catherine Boxall

June 11, 2021

What contract does a landlord need?

5 questions to help you pick the right tenancy agreement

Lorraine Dindi

June 11, 2021

Inventories and Rentals

What are they, how to do them and why you should use them.

Catherine Boxall

June 10, 2021

Protecting your lodgers' data

Your data protection obligations as a live-in landlord

Lorraine Dindi

June 10, 2021

Basic rights as a tenant and a landlord

The basic rights that both tenants and landlords are entitled to.

Olivia Evans

June 10, 2021

How to find a lodger in 7 steps

Take on a lodger the right way

Lorraine Dindi

June 9, 2021

How to change the terms of an employment contract?

4 key stages in implementing a change of employment terms

Lorraine Dindi

June 9, 2021

When can I change the terms of an employment contract?

Factors to consider before proposing a change to employment terms

Lorraine Dindi

June 9, 2021

How to find a tenant in 7 steps

Everything you need to consider from start to finish.

Charles Brecque

June 8, 2021

The Legislate team's favourite features - Part 2

More favourite features for getting the most value out of Legislate.

Charles Brecque

June 7, 2021

Landlords: Your Guide to Right to Rent Checks in 2021

How to carry out a right to rent check.

Catherine Boxall

June 7, 2021

What are NDAs and why are they important?

When you should use a NDA.

Lorraine Dindi

June 7, 2021

Key terms in a student tenancy agreement template

How to read your tenancy agreement with student tenants

Lorraine Dindi

June 4, 2021

Ways to end an AST that are not an eviction notice

How can a landlord or letting agent end a tenancy without a section 8 or 21 notice?

Lorraine Dindi

June 4, 2021

What are the grounds for serving a section 8 notice?

For what reasons can you start the process of ending an assured shorthold tenancy?

Lorraine Dindi

June 3, 2021

The Price of a Contract

Contract costs measured in time and money.

Catherine Boxall

June 2, 2021

Updates to Form 3 and Form 6A

Government updated forms needed to serve Section 8 and 21 notices.

Lorraine Dindi

June 2, 2021

Can I change the terms of the tenancy agreement?

Changing the terms of a tenancy agreement pre and post signature.

Olivia Evans

June 2, 2021

Property management and Legionnaire’s disease

Everything to know about controlling Legionella risk in a rental property

Lorraine Dindi

June 2, 2021

The Legislate team's favourite features - Part 1

Top favourite features for getting the most value out of Legislate.

Charles Brecque

June 1, 2021

Lease or License to Occupy? How the law decides.

If it looks, walks and talks like a tenant, can it be a lodger?

Lorraine Dindi

May 28, 2021

Best alternatives for when the model assured shorthold tenancy agreement is not suitable

What to do when the model agreement isn't suitable

Charles Brecque

May 28, 2021

Repairs in Rentals

Responsibilities and notices for landlords and tenants.

Catherine Boxall

May 27, 2021

What to look out for in a lodger agreement template

Are these 3 clauses in your free licence to occupy template?

Lorraine Dindi

May 26, 2021

The best way to create an Assured Shorthold Tenancy Agreement Online

...and it doesn’t involve an online template!

Olivia Evans

May 26, 2021

The 5 features you need to know about when legislating contracts

Become a Legislate power user in 5 simple steps.

Charles Brecque

May 25, 2021

Comprehensive guide to notice periods in England and Wales.

How and when to serve notices.

Lorraine Dindi

May 24, 2021

Why one template will never be enough

Why you'll need at least 3 documents per contract

Charles Brecque

May 24, 2021

Generate your legal contracts in no time at all.

You don't need to learn to Legislate.

Olivia Evans

May 21, 2021

Land law cases on the requirements of a lease.

What the case law says on the essential elements of a lease

Lorraine Dindi

May 20, 2021

Property Management, meet Contract Management

Why landlords should consider Contract Management Platforms

Charles Brecque

May 20, 2021

Landlords: Your obligations when letting a student house

Know your responsibilities

Lorraine Dindi

May 18, 2021

Should an employer give an employee a written contract?

Does a contract actually need to be in writing?

Olivia Evans

May 18, 2021

8 legal cases where the contract was void ab initio

Void from the beginning...

Lorraine Dindi

May 18, 2021

Landlords: Your obligations when taking in a lodger.

Your obligations before, during and whilst housing a lodger.

Lorraine Dindi

May 17, 2021

What is a Lodger Agreement?

How are lodgers classified?

Lorraine Dindi

May 14, 2021

Update on Section 21 Notices

Section 21 Notices in 2021.

Lorraine Dindi

May 13, 2021

Electrical safety inspections (EICRs) - Rental Property 2021

What the Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 mean for Landlords

Amber Akhtar

May 12, 2021

The nature of the landlord-tenant relationship

A history of the landlord-tenant relationship and how it is shaped today

Lorraine Dindi

May 12, 2021

How is a lodger different from a tenant?

Interest or permission to occupy?

Amber Akhtar

May 11, 2021

Data protection and letting agents

How the UK’s data protection laws impact letting agencies.

Lorraine Dindi

May 7, 2021

Clauses missing in your letting agency’s terms of business template (Part 2)

Don't cover up the cracks.

Lorraine Dindi

May 6, 2021

Update on Section 8 Notices

Take notice.

Amber Akhtar

May 6, 2021

A Checklist for contracts.

Check, avoid the mess.

Charles Brecque

May 5, 2021

Data protection and landlords

How the UK’s data protection laws impact private landlords.

Lorraine Dindi

May 5, 2021

It’s not just your wardrobes that need a clear out.

Make sure to remove these ‘unforgotten’ clauses from your contracts.

Catherine Boxall

May 4, 2021

Knowledge graphs: Know more about your contracts

How Legislate has harnessed knowledge graph technology to unlock unseen insights into your contracts.

Vaishali Raghvani

May 4, 2021

Clauses missing in your letting agency’s terms of business template (Part 1)

3 things missing in your agency’s template agreement with landlords

Lorraine Dindi

May 4, 2021

Energy intensive contracts

5 areas burning you out.

Charles Brecque

April 30, 2021

3 things missing in your tenancy agreement template

...and they’re 3 things you don’t want to be.

Lorraine Dindi

April 29, 2021

Legislate's checklist for Landlords

A useful checklist for Landlords before renting out a property.

Olivia Evans

April 29, 2021

What consents does a landlord need before renting a property? (Part 2)

Bridges to cross when renting property.

Lorraine Dindi

April 28, 2021

What consents does a landlord need before renting a property? (Part 1)

Bridges every landlord needs to cross before letting their property.

Lorraine Dindi

April 28, 2021

From legislating to Legislate.

A roadmap from 2050 BCE to Legislate.

Lorraine Dindi

April 21, 2021

Landlords: Your obligations when letting a bedsit.

Don’t sit on your obligations.

Lorraine Dindi

April 19, 2021

What is the difference between a house in multiple occupation and a bedsit?

Classifying property and your obligations.

Lorraine Dindi

April 19, 2021

Landlords: Your responsibilities when letting a sole occupancy.

Single occupancy, multiple obligations.

Lorraine Dindi

April 14, 2021

Student lettings: where to focus your attention.

Key features of a student tenancy agreement.

Lorraine Dindi

April 12, 2021

Why the unlawyered shouldn't use online templates.

Discussing the temp in templates.

Charles Brecque

April 12, 2021

Vitiating factors and their effects.

When and how vitiating factors render contracts unenforceable.

Lorraine Dindi

April 8, 2021

When multiple occupants means multiple obligations.

Landlords: Your extra responsibilities when letting a HMO.

Amber Akhtar

April 6, 2021

Preparing your contracts for the next pandemic.

Force majeure is what you're looking for.

Lorraine Dindi

April 1, 2021

Landlords: 5 land law cases you should know about.

Put the law in unlawyered.

Catherine Boxall

March 28, 2021

Eliminate the work in paperwork.

Why digitalising paperwork is not the solution

Charles Brecque

March 23, 2021

Don’t leave your contracts in the dark.

Landlords: What to be aware of this year

Catherine Boxall

March 18, 2021

Legislate unlocked.

Dominic Parr, at Parr Houses, tells us his experiences of using Legislate.

Catherine Boxall

March 13, 2021

Making sure your tenancy agreement is worth the paper it is on.

Why your tenancy agreements might not be as enforceable as you think they are.

Lorraine Dindi

March 12, 2021

Simplify your contracts, let the necessary speak.

How to avoid lengthy negotiations.

Charles Brecque

March 8, 2021

Pets in rental properties: To be or not to be?

What the government’s new model tenancy agreement means for your ‘no pets’ rule.

Catherine Boxall

March 5, 2021

Putting the “law” in un-law-yered.

How and why we are automating contracts.

Charles Brecque

March 2, 2021

Negotiating Student Housing Contracts

Negotiating contractual terms and why your contract won’t like it.

Amber Akhtar

February 26, 2021

What your business contract needs to be speaking about.

When silence does not speak louder than words.

Lorraine Dindi

February 25, 2021

Key ingredients for a sensible business contract

Learn about the key ingredients for a business contract.

Lorraine Dindi

November 7, 2020

Found your contract template online did you?

Why you should be careful when downloading a template online.

Amber Akhtar

November 7, 2020

The contract is dead

Everything that can go wrong with contracts and how Legislate avoids them.

Charles Brecque

November 7, 2020

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The contents of this blog are for general information purposes only. None of the information or opinions contained in the articles constitute legal advice on which you should rely.