Residential Tenancy Disputes Cases

Acting for a landlord who parent to the tenant in an emotionally charged dispute involving a young family.

Successfully overturning substantial fines at the Property Tribunal imposed on a managing agent accused of offences under the Houses in Multiple Occupation legislation.

Successfully evicting a lodger who had wrongly claimed to be a protected tenant under the Housing Act.

Serving fresh Section 21 and Section 8 Notices and taking further possession proceedings for a landlord after the court had dismissed earlier possession proceedings before we were instructed, and the landlord had not served proper notices.

Advising a landlord to repay a deposit so that they could serve a valid Section 21 Notice.

Advising a landlord whose tenant gave notice to leave but refused to go on the date they had promised.

Advising a landlord who had failed to protect a deposit from a claim for three times the amount of the deposit.

Successfully resisting a claim for damages by a former landlord against their agent for alleged failure to carry out repairs.

Resisting an attempt by executors against a managing agent to terminate a rent guarantee agreement made with the deceased which still had three years to run.

Successfully defending an appeal against a possession order on Ground 8 by a tenant who had made spurious disrepairs claims to avoid being two months in arrears of rent.

Acting for a client against a landlord who tenants were committing serious noise nuisance.

Successfully advising a landlord who found themselves with the unlawful sub-tenants of their limited company which had gone into liquidation.

Successfully advising a tenant on resisting their landlord’s unmeritorious claim to a deposit at the end of the tenancy.

Successfully resisting in several cases attempts by tenants to postpone evictions.

Successfully resisting spurious claim by tenant that they were a victim of disrepairs.

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