Foxtons’ inclusion in a ‘name and shame’ list of ‘rogue’ letting agents and landlords was featured heavily yesterday.

But bizarrely, in the press release telling journalists about the progress of London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s new blacklist, Foxtons was not actually named.

City Hall contented itself with several references only to a “high street agent” that had been fined £35,000.

When EYE queried this, we were told the firm was indeed Foxtons, but that the press team had been advised against naming the firm for legal reasons.

Foxtons is, however, openly named on the list itself, which is searchable by any member of the public.

The firm was fined £35,000 last November for failing to provide documents about a property requested by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It appealed but lost.

Foxtons will remain on the blacklist until this November 17.

A landlord prosecuted by the London Fire Brigade and fined £150,000 last May was also not named in the press release extolling the virtues of Khan’s “name and shame” list.

However, the Mayor of London’s press office told us that it is City Estates, a property management company. According to its entry, it will come off the list this Friday.

Foxtons is by no means the only agent on the list, which was launched last December but with the limited support of just ten London councils.

Yesterday, it was announced that all 33 London authorities now back it.

As of yesterday, we were able to count over 40 agents simply going by their names.

The firms appear on the blacklist for a number of reasons but failure to publicise fees was one common reason – and is, for example, the reason why Westminster Council’s own private letting agency is on the list.

A number of agents are also on the list after being expelled by a redress scheme.

All 33 London councils have now committed to submitting records of successful prosecutions and fines, so the list is set to grow.

The London Fire Brigade and all three of the redress schemes are also submitting records to the database, which anyone can access at:  www.london.gov.uk/rogue-landlord-checker

The ‘rogue landlord and agent checker’ was launched ahead of the Government ‘blacklist’ last month, but this is not accessible by the public.

However, there is a private online version of the new London blacklist, allowing local authorities and the London Fire Brigade to share more detailed information about letting agents and landlords.

The checker also has a reporting tool, allowing tenants and others to report rogue agents and landlords.