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Property repairs that a landlord is responsible for

We understand that it is often difficult to determine who is responsible for repairs in your home and what areas of part of the structure and exterior. Your tenancy agreement should outline what repairs your landlord are responsible for and what repairs you, as the tenant, are responsible for. Repairs that your landlord is generally

Another successful Housing Disrepair claim!

Client receives £8000 compensation due to their property being affected by EXTENSIVE black mould. Angelus Law have been successful in concluding a claim for housing disrepair under s11 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 and s9a and 10 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 as amended by the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation)

Recent Data Breach Claim Successes

Angelus Law is now dealing with a number of cases relating to breach of GDPR/DPA, breach of privacy and misuse of private information by public authorities and private companies which have led to great distress to those clients involved. These types of cases very often involve the need for remedies beyond simple compensation; for example,

Mr K Pension Claim Success

Mr K approached Angelus Law in October 2018 concerned over the potential losses he had suffered after transferring his private Aviva pensions into a Self-Invested Personal Pension (‘SIPP’) in late 2011. A therapist by trade, Mr K had been advised and persuaded by an Independent Financial Advisor (‘IFA’) authorised by the then Financial Services Authority

Recent Housing Disrepair Claim Success

Miss D came to Angelus Law complaining of numerous issues of disrepair in the South Manchester house she lived in with her 4 children including damp, degraded plasterwork and skirting boards, defective light switches and degraded roofing, brickwork and guttering. Miss D had been reporting these issues to her landlord since 2013 and the landlord

Recent Pension Claim Successes

Life expectancy in the UK has continued to rise since the end of the Second World War and as a result, the UK’s population is aging with the number of pensioners growing year on year. At the same time, and particularly since the 1980s, the state of the UK pensions sector has altered radically with

Housing Association Pays Compensation to Tenant for Loss of Enjoyment

Angelus Law takes particular pride in its specialism in dealing with Housing Disrepair cases for tenants of local authority and housing association properties nationwide. The Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 sets out a minimum standard of repairing obligations which landlords of Assured Shorthold Tenants have to comply with in England & Wales. Furthermore, the Defective

Recent Japanese Knotweed Claim Success

First introduced to the UK in the 19th Century from South East Asia, Japanese Knotweed is a common and highly invasive weed. Japanese Knotweed is particularly common along railway embankments and abandoned/poorly maintained plots of land and, if left untreated, can spread quickly to neighbouring land and property leading to stress, inconvenience and reduction in

Immigration Update

There have been quite a few developments in recent months in relation to immigration to the UK. Here we consider these changes and the impact on those wishing to visit the UK or make it their home. VISA APPLICATIONS The global pandemic has had a huge impact on visa processing with Visa Application Centres across

COVID’19 App 2020 – Data Protection Concerns

The Covid’19 tracing app has been introduced to log social interactions based on users’ assessments, of their current infection risk status; which they would upload onto the app itself. According to Tech Crunch the app already lacks robust legal safeguards against data misuse. There are concerns surrounding the apps data collation, with emphasis on the

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