What is the appeal process? Are appeals automatic, when your charged with first degree murders.

All first degree murder convictions in Massachusetts trigger an automatic appeal to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.

Landlord-Tenant Law?

If you have a copy with your signature and the landlord cashed your rent check or otherwise accepted payment from you after you signed the lease...

Do I need a landlord tenant attorney?

If the landlord believes that you owe him/her/it money you may be sued. You didn't say how much the rent was, so I don't know if the landlord...

Rental disagreement over liability and security deposit

You should contact an attorney by telephone. If you're still in the unit, you should make a written demand for the return of your security...

In 20+ years of practice, I've never heard of it. You've got to have a mutual understanding and a mutual intent to create a tenancy. Sometimes...

My Landlord refuses to fix the rusty window rails for our upstairs neighbor and it makes too much noise.

If you haven't made your complaints in writing and kept a copy you should do so now. If the other tenant is under your landlord's control (e.g....

Can I file a pretrial motion to dismiss a summary process concurrently with my discovery request?

You should hire an attorney. If you were ending a lease for a period of time then the landlord would not need to serve a notice to quit. The...

Can a landlord reserve a driveway "In Case of Emergencies"?

You would have to turn to the language of the written lease, if there is one. I know of no legal obligation on Massachusetts landlords to provide...

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If you are a tenant at will, the landlord can evict you for no cause on thirty days notice which begins to run at the beginning of the next rental...

Excessive noise from other tenants under the landlord's control would constitute a breach of the landlord's covenant of Quiet Enjoyment. You...

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