Tenants win deposit court case

10 2007
The growing acknowledgement of the legal rights of tenants in the UK has once again been highlighted in a recent court case.

Two tenants of a private rented property complained that their property was too damp to bring up their baby son in and so moved out, though their landlord refused to give them their bond back.

However, despite the fact that the couple moved out before their tenancy agreement was up, a district judge ruled that the landlord must pay them their bond back.

Daniel, one of the renters involved in the case, told the Newcastle Sunday Sun: "You will be pleased to hear we went to the small claims court and we were awarded our full bond back plus court costs and interest."

Last month, a study carried out by AA Legal Services found that around 50 per cent of UK tenants fail to get a written contract when moving in to a property, while seven out of ten do not check to see if the inventory they are presented with is accurate. ADNFCR-1219-ID-18387528-ADNFCR

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