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Comet Newspaper reports - Landlord fined £8000

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  • Guest101
    Guest101 Posts: 15,764 Forumite
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    gycraig wrote: »
    Average is 500 quid ? Yer after about 6 months to a year of the tenant paying Naf all rent and potentially ruining the place.

    For a lot of landlords it's probably cheaper to do an illegal eviction



    Average judgment in civil courts is £150-250 per day for illegal eviction. In this case that would be approx £10,000 paid directly to the tenant by the LL, not including property damage, or punitive payments and costs. - That's on top of the criminal court.


    Not to mention it's also a criminal conviction which in some places means you cant be landlord anymore.
  • AdrianC
    AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite
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    G_M wrote: »
    OP does not give a link to the article
    http://www.thecomet.net/news/jury-convicts-landlord-of-illegally-evicting-tenant-who-owed-rent-1-5064852
  • FBaby
    FBaby Posts: 18,367 Forumite
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    Was the £3,000 after the owed rent was deducted?
  • agrinnall
    agrinnall Posts: 23,344 Forumite
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    FBaby wrote: »
    Was the £3,000 after the owed rent was deducted?

    G_M's post #9 suggest that it's likely that recovery of unpaid rent would have to be done through a separate civil case.
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