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by guildy | 21 Jan 2010 | Tenancy Deposit
Fox v Hill, Preston County Court, 21 January 2010, 9PR01873 We seem to be on a bit of a run at the moment as the Guild has helped win another case for it’s members. Should a landlord get a claim for three times deposit by a tenant for a failure to protect a...
by guildy | 21 Sep 2009 | Housing Benefit
This entry is part 3 of 7 in the series Housing Benefit - 8 weeks arrears appeal / compensationIf a local authority has paid a tenant in error, for example if the tenant is 8 weeks in arrears and despite the landlords notification that the tenant is in arrears, they...
by guildy | 21 Sep 2009 | Housing Benefit
The following case deals with the situation where payment was changed from the landlord to the tenant without notifying the landlord. This is NOT a case where the landlord notified the local authority that the tenant was eight weeks in arrears and then failed to pay...
by guildy | 21 Sep 2009 | Housing Benefit
Where a landlord makes a request to a local authority for direct payment of housing benefit because the tenant is 8 weeks or more in arrears, often payment is made in error to the tenant. When the landlord complains, often the LA states that they cannot pay twice....
by guildy | 21 Sep 2009 | Housing Benefit
This entry is part 4 of 7 in the series Housing Benefit - 8 weeks arrears appeal / compensationPLEASE NOTE: Please check whether you should appeal rather than claim compensation before continuing. Previously in this section, it is detailed what the legal position is...
by guildy | 21 Sep 2009 | Repairing Obligations
Withholding rent whilst repairs are carried out Where the tenant does not actually expend sums on having repairs carried out he cannot set off the sum which it would have cost against the rent and, contrary to popular belief, he cannot simply stop paying the rent...