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A binding ruling should bring consistency on the issue of administration fees.
Posted 15 January 2018 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Analysis|Property and Housing|London
ANALYSIS: Camden Trading Standards' successful Upper Tribunal case against Foxtons established a binding legal precedent on letting agents' fees, strengthening enforcement of the Consumer Rights Act and ensuring consumers receive clear information about the charges they face.
Camden Trading Standards’ landmark victory in a recent test appeal case should make enforcing the rules on letting agents’ fees much easier in future. In its first major enforcement action under section 83 of the Consumer Rights Act 2015, the local authority was successful at an Upper Tribunal hearing against Foxtons’ use of the term ‘administration fees’ in its lettings agency work. The ruling...
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