Represent Law have obtained a pre-trial settlement of s.214(4) deposit protection claims pre-trial.
The landlord in question had failed to protect the tenant's deposit for two qualifying tenancies. Proceedings were issued in the country court and the landlord agreed a settlement of £4,000 in repect of the s.214(4) claims and £2,320 for costs. Again this is another great result and Represent Law are delighted to have helped another tenant obtain justice. If you would like help with a renting issue, contact Represent Law today.
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Represent Law Helps 5 tenants get a rent repayment order of £20,674 from their former landlord23/8/2021 A landlord in East London has been ordered to pay 5 former tenants £20,674 as a rent repayment order ("RRO") for running an unlicensed House In Multiple Occupancy ("HMO").
The Landlord tried to argue that he wasn't really the tenants' landlord and hence not liable for the penalty. However, the landlord's argument was rejected by the Property Tribunal. The Tribunal ordered that the landlord pay his former tenants who had applied for the Rent Repayment Order 100% of the rent that they claimed for the period that they lived at the property. Represent Law is delighted to represent the tenants and notes that the tribunal made the maximum award possible of 100% of the tenants' rent. Represent Law are delighted to have obtained a court order for £8,800 for a client in Birmingham.
The landlord and his agent had argued that the tenant did not pay a deposit and that the money held by the agent was an advance rent and not subject to the deposit protection legislation. Represent Law argued against this noting that the letting agent's own description of the "advance rent" exactly matched the definition of a deposit in the Housing Act 2004 and as such the deposit required protection. The judge agreed with this analysis and ordered that the landlord pay the tenant 3x the deposit for each of 5 tenancies in addition to ordering that the landlord return the deposit plus costs. This is a great result and once again shows that landlords and agents who try to evade their deposit protection responsibilities are liable for significant financial penalties. Represent Law is delighted to have obtained £12,461.58 in an out of court settlement for two tenants in deposit protection claims against their former landlords. The £12,461.58 also included the return of the remaining part of their deposit which had been withheld from them for more than a year since they vacated the property.
This is a great result and we are delighted to have helped our clients obtain justice in this case. Represent Law gets £27,300 for 3 tenants for deposit protection claims in an out of court settlement15/7/2021 Represent Law has obtained an out of court settlement for three tenants for deposit protection claims totalling £27,300. The claimants were tenants for many years at a property and had 6 tenancies over the claim period.
This is a fantastic result and we are delighted to have acted for the tenants in this claim. Represent Law has settled a s.214(4) deposit protection claim under the Housing Act 2004 pre-trail for £6,000.
The client was a joint tenant at a property in London and paid a join tenancy deposit which was not protected properly in a government scheme for three tenancies. The joint tenant did not agree to be a claimant hence was added to a party as a defendant pursuant to Civil Procedure Rule 19.3(2). Following issuing proceedings in the county court, the landlord and agent settled the claim pre-trial for £6,000 plus costs. This is a solid result and Represent Law has been privileged to help our client achieve an equitable settlement in this claim. represent secures judgment of £11,196.34 at trial in deposit protection claims against landlord9/4/2021 £7,196.34 and £4,000 for costs
Represent Law has achieved a pre-trial settlement of a deposit protection claim in Cambridge for £13,900.
This is a great result for the clients and once again shows that landlords face significant consequences for failing to protect tenancy deposits. Contact Represent Law today if you would like to make a deposit protection claim. Represent law obtains £4,650 in out of court settlement in deposit protection claim in london26/2/2021 Represent Law is delighted to have helped a family obtain £4,050 for their deposit proteciton claim against their former landlord in addition to obtaining the return of the outstanding balance of the tenants' deposit of £600 which had been withheld from them.
This is another solid result and if you would like to make a deposit protection claim against your landlord please contact Represent Law today. Represent Law has obtained £7,155 for former tenants of a property in Pentonville at trial. Represent also secured the return of the tenants' deposit of £4,770 before trial.
The landlord and agent tried to argue that the tenants were not assured shorthold tenants but rather the rental was a 'holiday let' and therefore their deposit didn't need to be protected. Also, the agent didn't return the deposit until 3 months after the end of their tenancy. Their deposit was only returned after Represent Law sent the first letter before claim. At trial the judge dismissed the agent's and landlord's argument that the claimants were not tenants ordered the landlord and agent to pay deposit protection penalties under s.214(4) of the Housing Act 2004 within 14 days. |