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Re: I know the law is the law but this is ridiculous!
She should have checked her obligations, and the tenants rights, before doing anything. Whilst on the face of it it appears ridiculous, these laws are here to protect tenants and this landlady has wholly ignored them.
Re: I know the law is the law but this is ridiculous!
Setting aside the reason he left, i'm afraid i've no sympathy for this lady either.
Originally Posted by News Article
"But it is tempered with the fact that she should really have sought legal advice on what she was about to do," he said.
"The law is there to protect people from landlords taking hasty action."
She took the law into her own hands.
Personally, I think the convicts solicitor is the one clearly taking advantage in all this...
Originally Posted by News Article
She says she faces financial ruin after the judge at Eastbourne county court awarded him £750 in damages plus costs. Cope's lawyer is claiming £13,000 and Mrs Goymer's own legal costs are £5,000.
Re: I know the law is the law but this is ridiculous!
Well I am sure that she knew that there was no way her tennant would be coming back and she has been paying for the storage of his goods, just seems bloody ridiculous, hardly an eviction if he is banged up for life eh?
Re: I know the law is the law but this is ridiculous!
Not to me. He has paid the tenancy, and signed up for a fixed term. Actually whether he is resident in the property is immaterial. Also, you cant exclude this from the law, without excluding a LOT of others. How do you prove you knew someone was locked up? Excluding this because you know he wont be returning opens the door for ANYONE who the landlord deems to have abandoned the property to simply kick them out following no due process.
If you think that is ridiculous, I have recently been dealing with a client who is evicting a tenant who has died!!! But we still have to follow the process, and there is good reason.
Re: I know the law is the law but this is ridiculous!
Well yes that is obviously in effect what we are doing but just illustrating the point - especially considering that there are no actual residents of the property, so it is not as if we are physically evicting ANYONE.
I know the law is the law but this is ridiculous!
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Originally Posted by News Article
but just illustrating the point 