A UK legislation agency has spoken out towards councils for discouraging tenants from pursuing ‘no win, no price’ compensation claims.
Councils throughout the UK are stated to have highlighted instances the place tenants have ended up with hefty authorized payments after failed claims.
This contains examples in York the place a was ordered to pay £8,000 in authorized prices after their case was dismissed and one other landed with a £9,000 invoice in Barrow-in Furness after an unsuccessful declare try.
Rick Legislation, managing director of Liberay Authorized, which specialises in housing disrepair claims, stated: “Scare ways being utilized by councils to discourage tenants from utilising these sorts of agreements may be massively deceptive and are solely worsening the scenario that many tenants sadly discover themselves in.”
He added: “We all know the advantages of pursuing these claims first hand having helped many tenants get their repairs actioned and get the compensation they deserve with none upfront prices.
“In a single case, a tenant in Bolton who was dwelling in unacceptable situations, acquired assist fixing critical damp and mold points—and acquired compensation—all by a no win no price settlement, with no hidden charges”
An estimated 14% of individuals within the UK (or 3.5 million individuals) lived in houses that failed to satisfy the Respectable Houses Commonplace from 2022-2023, based on the federal government’s English Housing Survey.
Non-public renters had been extra more likely to expertise poor housing situations, with 21% dwelling in homes that don’t meet housing requirements, adopted by 10% of housing affiliation renters and 9% of native authority renters.
