The word "game-changer" is overused, however, the Renters' Rights Act 2025 (the "Act") is worthy of the designation. With increased security of ...

In Smoke Club Ltd and others v Network Rail Infrastructure Limited, the Upper Tribunal held that the claimants had an inferred periodic tenancy but no claim under proprietary estoppel. A lease of any ...

Most tenants are against periodic tenancies, one of the changes planned in the Renters’ Rights Bill. The bill plans to remove fixed term tenancies, where renters are obliged to pay rent during the ...

Some of the biggest changes to the private rented sector will take effect on 1 May 2026 when the first tranche of reforms, ...

Fixed-term tenancy agreements have surpassed periodic (open-ended) tenancies in popularity for the first time, accounting for 51% of tenancy agreements in 2016. Barfoot & Thompson Director Kiri ...

You can rent out your investment property using either a fixed-term lease or a periodic rental agreement. The periodic agreement usually goes month-to-month, and it ends after 30 days' notice by the ...

The Renters’ Rights Act delivers on the government’s Plan for Change manifesto commitment to rebalance the relationship ...

The Renters' Reform Coalition - which includes Shelter, Generation Rent and Citizens Advice - called the changed the changes ...

The government has set out a roadmap for implementing key measures in the Renters’ Rights Act, which became law last month. Eliza Parr looks at some key takeaways.

Lord Justice Mummery has rejected a human rights challenge to the traditional rules on periodic joint tenancies and said a further appeal before the Supreme Court would be a “waste of publicly-funded ...