On 17 November 2022, the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) published its 2021 Annual Report and Accounts.
The report is available here and deals with issues such as:
RTB publishes 2021 Annual Report and Accounts
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RTB publishes details of sanctions imposed on landlords who have breached residential tenancies law
The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) has published details of 38 sanctions which it has imposed on landlords who have failed to comply with the requirements of residential tenancies law. This brings to 76 the total number of sanctions imposed since
Moratorium on the termination of residential tenancies during “winter emergency period” commences with effect from 30 October 2022
A short post to confirm that the Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Act 2022 was signed into law on 29 October 2022. The “winter emergency period” referred to in the Act, during which there is to
New legislation published to provide for winter moratorium on residential tenancy terminations
The Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022 has been published today. This is the draft legislation intended to give effect to the temporary moratorium on residential tenancy terminations during what is referred to as the
High Court quashes decision to grant planning permission for An Bord Pleanála’s failure to send plaintiff’s submission to planning authority in a timely manner
The Environmental Trust Ireland v An Bord Pleanála & Ors case involved an application seeking to quash a decision of An Bord Pleanála (the Board) which granted planning permission under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and the Planning and
An adjudicator’s decision in the context of the final account process
The Technology and Construction Court (TCC) in England and Wales has recently given judgment in Essential Living (Greenwich) Limited v Elements (Europe) Limited in relation the extent to which an adjudicator’s decision is binding on the parties for the purpose
Further Affordable Housing Act provisions commenced allowing for arrangements between housing authorities and LDA
28 July 2022 has been appointed as the commencement date for section 6(2)(c) of the Affordable Housing Act 2021.
This is the provision of the Act which allows a housing authority to enter into arrangements with the Land Development Agency
Developer’s case alleging torts of maintenance and champerty struck out as “bound to fail”
In a recent High Court judgment[1], the Court struck out a property developer’s claim that local objectors, who issued judicial review proceedings in response to planning permission granted to the developer for a strategic housing development, had committed
New notice periods for termination of residential tenancies by landlords
The Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 introduces, with effect from 6 July 2022, important changes to the law regarding the termination of residential tenancies. These amendments involve:
- the introduction of a new requirement for
Supreme Court decision on documentation to be included in a planning application for strategic housing development
Waltham Abbey v An Bord Pleanála & Ors; Pembroke Road Association v An Bord Pleanála & Ors [2022] IESC 30 concerned appeals against two separate decisions of the High Court. Both decisions raised an identical question of law: whether the