Video shorts

Abatement notices and their flaws

Mike Stigwood talks about his experience with abatement notices and their flaws.

Email your abatement notice to mail(at)masenv.co.uk

In this video:

• Flawed notices - 0:30
• Obligation to appeal - 1:00
• Addressing the problems with flawed notices - 01:38
• Typical problems with notices - 02:35
• Double-barrelled notice - 02:52
   

Did you know about statutory nuisance?

Mike Stigwood shares some essential knowledge about statutory nuisance, abatement notices and the duty of local authority officers.

1. Local authority duty to inspect - 0:20
2. A complaint must be investigated - 0:40
3. Obligation to serve an abatement notice - 1:05
4. Private individuals can start their own proceedings - 1:38
5. Local authority officers do not have to witness nuisance to start proceedings - 2:05
6. Abatement notices are often faulty - 2:33
7. Challenging the faults on a notice - 2:45
8. How a statutory nuisance is decided and how to avoid breaching the notice - 3:05
9. The prime problem with most abatement notices - 3:38
10. Buildings built before the introduction of building regulations and new protection for tenants in 2019 - 4:25

For more information about statutory nuisance visit www.masenv.co.uk/statutory-nuisance or check out Mike's new statutory nuisance course