Northern Ireland has not been the beneficiary of many books devoted to
its unique laws and legal system. There have been even fewer that
discuss the private rented sector and those that have been published are
long out of date as the law has developed rapidly. This book aims to
fill that gap by looking at the law that touches on private residential
letting in Northern Ireland covering the legislation that controls the
landlord and tenant relationship as well as the external regulation
enforced primarily by District Councils.
Written from an external perspective this book carefully examines the
law in Northern Ireland but also contrasts it with similar provisions
elsewhere in the UK and with court decisions on those provisions in
order to help fill the gaps in the legislation and make clearer what the
likely interpretation of the more uncertain provisions would be. It also
highlights the gaps that remain and gives thoughts on how those might be
filled.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
David Smith is a solicitor specialising in residential property, agency,
and regulatory law. He is a partner at JMW Solicitors LLP in London. He
is well known for his work in the residential property and agency field,
especially in property licensing and consumer law and has advised local
and national governments, large and small landlords and tenants and
letting and estate agents across the sector. He has worked extensively
in the devolved governments as they have developed their own residential
tenancy law and retains a fascination with the different approaches to
residential property in different parts of the UK and internationally.
