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Know your rights
You have more rights as a tenant than you may realise!
The law has recently changed in such a way as to impose often severe punishment on Landlords who fail to register a tenant’s deposit in a tenancy deposit scheme.
If your deposit has not been registered and/or if the Landlord has not provided you with all relevant information in relation to the deposit scheme, you could be eligible to receive 1 to 3 times the amount of your deposit by way of compensation.
Contact us for more advice and for an initial assessment of your prospects.
If you are a Landlord and you are worried about your failure to pay a deposit into a scheme, please contact us, and we can help you to minimise your exposure. We will contact the tenant and negotiate a settlement on your behalf in such a way as to avoid the time and expense of court proceedings.
We work in conjunction with various law firms who could help you to pursue a claim in circumstances where you have suffered as a result of a Landlord’s failure to ensure that your home is of a habitable standard.
You may be owed compensation and your Landlord could be ordered to repair your home if you have, for example:
Please ask us to consider your particular circumstances and advise on the possibility of bringing action against your Landlord.