A letting agency has been accused of illegally evicting tenants and taking their belongings. According to the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme, three tenants, who rented rooms through Flintons, said they arrived home to find locks had been changed and rooms emptied. Some said their possessions had not yet been returned. Others said their belongings were
A landlord who breached health and safety regulations and regularly flouted court summons has been ordered to pay more than £6,700. Following a trial at Colchester Magistrates’ Court, Colin Smith was found guilty of contravening a health and safety notice requiring a “suitable and sufficient” assessment. Victoria Jempson, prosecuting, said, “A Colchester Council health and
A Jewish man claims he is being discriminated against because of his religious beliefs in a ‘very acrimonious’ divorce from his estranged wife. Alan Moher, 54, was ordered to hand over a £1.6million lump sum to wife Caroline, 46, by the Family Court as well as £1,850 per month in maintenance payments until he grants
Two companies have been fined a total of £310,000 for their part in a “wholly avoidable” incident after a man suffered life-changing injuries, including an open fracture to his femur and multiple fractures to his pelvis and hips, when he fell from a factory roof. Brian Robinson, 38, fell through a roof light onto the
A man who fabricated car crashes in order to claim thousands of pounds from insurance companies has been jailed for 10 months. Leeds Crown Court heard how Motondo, 40, who preached at a Pentecostal church in Leeds, bought policies using personal details of two people in his congregation and then rang insurers posing as them.
A woman has been awarded compensation after her landlord was taken to court. Andrew Watson, from Chapeltown, was fined £6,500 and ordered to pay victim compensation of £1,000 after he repeatedly ignored legal notices served by Leeds City Council regarding the condition of a house he was renting out in Chapeltown. A council officer likened
A landlady has been fined £24,000 after lying to her tenants and the local authorities. Diana Thompson was prosecuted by Brent Council and prosecuted for failure to licence a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) and failure to comply with fire safety regulations. Thompson convinced tenants living in her unlicensed, detached two-storey HMO property that she
A government watchdog has launched an investigation into the Home Office’s decision to accuse about 34,000 international students of cheating in English language tests. Over 1,000 students have been removed from the UK as a result of the accusation and hundreds have spent time in detention. A large numbers of students say they were wrongly accused. Over 300
A tenant caused over £7,000 worth of damage to a property before leaving the premises whilst still owing 11 months of rent. Landlord Michael Walker claimed his three-bedroom property was left in devastating condition with every room vandalised. Mould was found all over the ceiling, dirty dishes were piled on the kitchen counter and the living
A judge has ruled that an eight-year-old boy should leave his mother and live with his father. Judge Lloyd North was told the boy was being influenced by his mother’s “hateful feelings” towards his father and said the boy would be exposed to “significant emotional harm” if he remained with his mother. A psychologist said