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Following on from our recent nomination in the 2019 Legal Awards, and the dedicated research stage, the judging panel have made their final decisions. We are delighted to say that Arkas Law has been awarded: ‘Best Housing Litigation Firm 2019 at the SME News 2019 Legal Awards’.
As of 13th May 2015, single homeless people will no longer have to prove that they are particularly vulnerable in comparison to other homeless people in order to qualify for support. The Supreme Court heard three joint appeals by homeless people: Johnson, Hotak and Kanu, backed by evidence from charities Crisis and Shelter. In each case […]
A report (based on research by the UK think-tank New Policy) which was made available on the 21st May 2015 highlights the fact that landlords are earning £5.6bn a year by renting out unsafe homes which fail to meet Legal standards, and also includes £1.3bn in housing benefit. A Citizens Advice study revealed that 740,000 […]
A common issue with housing disrepair claims is where a tenant refuses to allow access to landlords. Landlord’s will argue that under the terms of the tenancy agreement, a tenant must provide access to the landlord. Therefore, denying access would mean the landlord is prevented from carrying out its repair duties. This being said, Landlord’s […]
Tenants often question why they should pay rent when their property is suffering from serious disrepair. As such, many tenants withhold rent on the ground that their landlord has failed to uphold their responsibility of carrying out repair works to the property. In the circumstances whilst it is understandable why many tenants feel this way, […]
Until now it has been extremely difficult to substantiate a claim for personal injury as a result of housing disrepair conditions in your home, but all that is about to change (subject to conditions and limitations) thanks to the new Housing Disrepair Pre-action Protocol which came into force on the 6th April 2015. We have […]
