Landlord`s agent not liable
Landlord`s agent not liable
- 1995
- Times 19 April 1995, 38(1) .
In "Sampson and another v Wilson and others", CA 22 March 1995, it was held that Housing Act 1988 s27-28 imposed liability on the landlord alone to pay damages to a tenant unlawfully deprived of his occupation of premises by the harassment of the landlord or person acting on his behalf. Accordingly, no claim for damages could lie against the landlord`s agent as a joint tortfeasor.
HARASSMENT
HOUSING ACT 1988 S27
HOUSING ACT 1988 S28
JOINT TORTFEASOR
LANDLORDS AGENT
In "Sampson and another v Wilson and others", CA 22 March 1995, it was held that Housing Act 1988 s27-28 imposed liability on the landlord alone to pay damages to a tenant unlawfully deprived of his occupation of premises by the harassment of the landlord or person acting on his behalf. Accordingly, no claim for damages could lie against the landlord`s agent as a joint tortfeasor.
HARASSMENT
HOUSING ACT 1988 S27
HOUSING ACT 1988 S28
JOINT TORTFEASOR
LANDLORDS AGENT