GLM Charity Golf Day - 12th June 2026
This year our Charity Golf Day will be in support of the charity, Child Bereavement UK.
Child Bereavement UK helps families to rebuild their lives when a child grieves or when a child dies. They also train professionals to help them better understand and meet the needs of grieving families.
This charity is close to our hearts due to a loss in January 2004 when Susie Crolla’s twin sister Lucy suddenly lost her husband Frank aged 41. This was a very difficult time for everyone, especially Lucy’s children Christian and Louisa who were aged 7 and 4 months old at the time.
Renters’ Rights Act 2025 - Government Publishes Guidance for Tenants
Rent Repayment Orders offences: guidance for tenants
This guidance for tenants lists the offences a landlord can commit and how you can prove the offence was committed when applying for a Rent Repayment Order.
Grounds for possession tenant guidance
Grounds for possession guidance for tenants will be available soon.
Notices of possession served after 1 May 2026: a guide for tenants who are renting from a private landlord
Guidance on what happens when your landlord gives you notice on or after 1 May to leave your home and the court and eviction process if you do not leave.
Under a Week to Go to Making Tax Digital
With just a few days left until implementation, a significant shift in the UK tax landscape is about to take effect. From 6th April 2026, approximately 125,000 landlords and sole traders within the property sector will be required to comply with the first phase of Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax—the most significant change to the Self Assessment system since its introduction in 1997.
For many this represents not only a procedural adjustment, but a change in how income and expenses are recorded, reported, and reviewed throughout the tax year.
To Spam or Not to Spam- Statutory Notices and Service by Email
A recent decision regarding taxi licensing has caught my eye, courtesy of a report by the excellent barristers at Francis Taylor Building who acted on the case. Given that I mostly write about property and housing matters you might wonder why I have suddenly developed an interest in taxi licensing. Sadly, I haven’t! But this decision has important implications across a range of local authority enforcement matters.
In this case Maidstone Council sought to revoke a taxi driver’s licence. They emailed him a notice to that effect rather than posting it. The notice went into the spam folder for the taxi driver’s email and so he did not get it for some time. As a result he missed the strict 21 day time limit for appealing such a revocation to the Magistrates. It was argued before the Magistrates and then before the High Court that the time limit had not stared to run until the email was actually seen by the taxi driver because it had not been properly served.