Residential tenants have a lot of protection under English law. They ought to know that they have statutory rights against being evicted from their properties by their Landlords without notice.

In last week's blog we discussed how to bring a small claim under £10,000 at the county court, this week we will explain how to defend a small claim.

Bringing any civil claim is daunting for most lay people, but it needed be as the court process is designed to be informal at the county court.

In the matter of R (Tummond) v Reading County Court [2014], the High Court held non-compliance sanctions would only be imposed if the deposit was not protected within 30 days.