Threatened with court by estate agents

FirstTimeSolo

Typical EA tactics. Can you name the agency so others know to be wary of using them 

theartfullodger

Your contract was with landlord (who is probably not agent).  Who is named as landlord bon your tenancy agreement please?

Suggest you write/email to them about the matter, copy agent, keep copy .  And pay nothing unless there is actually court order.

Cheeky agents.

To be a lettings agent in England requires no qualifications, no training, no criminal records check.  You could be dealing with a bunch of ex-cons in early release from their sentences for GBH & fraud.  Literally.

Good luck 

csgohan4

Jog on to the EA

GDB2222

The DPS dispute process is voluntary, ie the landlord and tenant don't have to use it.

However, if they do use it, they sign up to be bound by the adjudication, and I don't see how one of the parties can then validly threaten legal proceedings.

Is the estate agent a member of one of the ombudsman schemes? 

zagubov

It's a reminder how sensible it is to take copious photos of the property on moving in and moving out, so you don't get chancers like this trying to intimidate you later.

AdrianC

zagubov said:

It's a reminder how sensible it is to take copious photos of the property on moving in and moving out, so you don't get chancers like this trying to intimidate you later.

Other way round - it's up to the landlord to prove the claim is correct, not the tenant to prove it's not.

But that's academic, since the arbitrators have already agreed with the OP.

This is just the landlord flapping their lips threatening to take them to court. If they do, then the first part of the OP's defence is simple - "the arbitrators agreed with me". It's then up to the claimant to show why the debt is valid, despite the arbitrators disagreeing. And that's precisely why it's almost certainly an empty threat.