Death in tenancy: legal considerations and best practices

When someone passes away, landlords and lettings agents face unique challenges in managing the tenancy with sensitivity and compliance.

From understanding legal obligations regarding notice periods, handling remaining possessions, and managing rent payments, to communicating with the tenant or landlord's family or estate executor—navigating these situations requires both empathy and legal precision.

This course covers essential legal considerations and best practices to ensure a respectful, compliant, and efficient process for managing tenancies after death.

Topics

The difference between tenancies and licenses (and why this is so significant when one party dies)
The legal situation if a landlord dies during a tenancy
What to do about collecting rent and dealing with the property
The succession rules
The procedure for evicting tenants who inherit a tenancy

Virtual classroom

Learning in our virtual classroom provides the perfect balance of convenience and engagement. You can join a focused session led by an expert trainer from wherever you feel most comfortable, eliminating the need for travel.

The format mirrors the quality of face-to-face training while allowing real-time interaction with the trainer and other participants, creating an interactive and dynamic learning experience.

With clear guidelines like muting microphones when not speaking and keeping cameras on, the sessions remain professional, collaborative, and distraction-free.

In-house training

This course is also available as in-house training in your office for groups of five to 20 people. This is an extremely cost-effective way of training larger groups. You just need to provide the coffee and the venue and we'll provide our highly experienced trainers and the course materials.