Tenants share fire damages award
Tenants share fire damages award
- 1989
- Guardian 4/9/89 p2 Daily Telegraph 5/9/89 p6 .
Twelve bedsit tenants who survived a fire which decimated three Victorian houses in West London in 1981 have accepted £35,000 in damages in an out of court settlement. The test case sought to establish that landlords have a legal duty to ensure the safety of tenants in case of fire .
COMPENSATION
DUTY OF CARE
FIRE PRECAUTIONS
MEANS OF ESCAPE
MULTIPLE OCCUPATION
Twelve bedsit tenants who survived a fire which decimated three Victorian houses in West London in 1981 have accepted £35,000 in damages in an out of court settlement. The test case sought to establish that landlords have a legal duty to ensure the safety of tenants in case of fire .
COMPENSATION
DUTY OF CARE
FIRE PRECAUTIONS
MEANS OF ESCAPE
MULTIPLE OCCUPATION