Tenancy types
Periodic and rolling tenancies
When a fixed-term tenancy ends and you stay on, a new statutory periodic tenancy arises. That has consequences for deposit compliance.
Superstrike v Rodrigues [2013]
The Court of Appeal held that a statutory periodic tenancy is a new tenancy, and the deposit is treated as received again. If it was not protected and Prescribed Information served for that new tenancy, there is a further breach.
After the Deregulation Act 2015
The 2015 Act provides that where a deposit was properly protected and Prescribed Information served for the original tenancy, landlords do not need to re-serve on renewal. But where the original tenancy was never compliant, each renewal can still be a separate breach.
Using the calculator
Enter the number of renewals, extensions or roll-overs in the calculator. Each is treated as an extra breach in the maximum range. Courts decide in each case how many breaches to award.
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