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Tenants share fire damages award

Language: English Series: Guardian ; 4/9/89 p2 | Daily Telegraph ; 5/9/89 p6Publication details: 1989Subject(s): Summary: 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 .

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 .