Urgent - Dealing with a Break In and Surrendered Tenancy

GDB2222

princeofpounds wrote: »

The unfortunate thing is that whilst the adjudicators are generally very fair and good on things like physical damages, they are not trained judges by any means, not even lawyers, and they cannot always be relied upon to get things like this right (because they do not know about all aspects of tenancy law).

Curiously enough, you may be entirely wrong about this. I use the DPS, and they are advertising for adjudicators at the moment:

Person Specification

Adjudicators must be legally qualified, to law degree level or equivalent (Solicitor, Chartered Legal Executive, LLB, LPC, BPTC etc).
The ideal candidate will have previous experience of working in the area of Landlord and Tenant law.
They will also have previous experience of dispute resolution and/or civil litigation. Consequently they will have the expertise to resolve deposit disputes on behalf of tenants and landlords.
Excellent knowledge of the Housing Acts and relevant various guidelines and regulations affecting the private rental sector is required for this role.

http://careers.computershare.com/jobDetails.asp?sJobIDs=873368&lWorkTypeID=&lLocationID=&sJobNo=adjudicator&lCategoryID=&sKeywords=adjudicator&stp=AW&sLanguage=en

princeofpounds

Curiously enough, you may be entirely wrong about this.

Maybe I am on that specific comment, although 'law degree level' is some a long way short of actually being a solicitor. And I was a solicitor I'd probably have better things to do than work for them, although maybe they pay well, you never know.

Thankfully it doesn't affect the advice I actually gave!