Personal injury claim against landord
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ClamChowder!
ClamChowder!
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1 year ago
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Hi All
I was wondering if any of you have had an experience of a solicitor writing to you claiming for personal injury on behalf of a tenant?

My situation is that my property was on a private sector leasing (PSL) scheme (a 3 year lease) with a Local Authority (LA). It was handed back to me a year ago. It appears the sub-tenant (who the LA had placed in my property) had a fall on some worn out carpet. The contractual arrangement in the lease is broadly as follows:
Me (Landlord)<>Local Authority (Tenant)<>Sub-Tenant

I was provided the sub-tenant's name and number by the LA whenever there would be a repair to attend to (e.g. plumbing/gas/structural - these repairs remain the responsibility of the Landlord as part of the lease terms and conditions). Also the sub-tenant had my number as during the course of the tenancy I had replaced the boiler. I did not get any repair notification of worn out carpets from the LA nor the sub-tenant. I always complete repairs quickly.

More than a year later, and quite out of the blue I have received one of these no win/no fee firm solicitor's letter that the sub-tenant was injured and I am to provide as a result of s.4 Housing Act 2004 all manner of details to them e.g. tenancy agreement, tenancy file etc. or accept liability in full for the trip/fall.

I am not/and was not the sub-tenant's landlord - the LA was so should they not be approached by the solicitor? Quite perplexed by the situation. Would welcome thoughts/comments on how to deal with this matter.
Thanks in advance.

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