Category Archives: Housing Disrepair

Housing Disrepair Claim Success: £3,750 Settlement Before Hearing

Housing Disrepair Claim Success: £3,750 Settlement Before Hearing

Phoenix Legal Secures £3,750 Housing Disrepair Settlement for London Tenant – The Day Before Hearing Our team at Phoenix Legal Solicitors is proud to announce another successful outcome for a tenant living in unacceptable housing conditions. Our specialist Housing Disrepair team recently secured a £3,750 settlement for a London tenant in a claim against a […]

Housing Disrepair Claim Success: £3,500 Settlement in 132 Days

Housing Disrepair Claim Success: £3,500 Settlement in 132 Days

Phoenix Legal’s Housing Disrepair Team Secures £3,500 Settlement in Just 132 Days for North Hertfordshire Tenant We are proud to announce another successful outcome for one of our social housing clients. Our Housing Disrepair team has secured a £3,500 settlement for a tenant in North Hertfordshire, bringing a swift and fair resolution to an issue […]

£3,750 Housing Disrepair Settlement Won Day Before Hearing

Solicitors Secure £3,750 Housing Disrepair Settlement for London Tenant – The Day Before Hearing

Solicitors Secure £3,750 Housing Disrepair Settlement for London Tenant – The Day Before Hearing We are proud to announce another successful outcome for a social housing tenant living in unacceptable conditions. Our specialist Housing Disrepair team recently secured a £3,750 settlement for a London tenant in a claim against a London Council — settling the […]

Awaab’s Law Explained: New Legal Duties for Social Housing Landlords

Awaab's Law Explained-New Legal Duties for Landlords

Awaab’s Law The Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 — more commonly referred to as Awaab’s Law — is set to come into force on 27 October 2025, marking a significant development in housing law in England and Wales. The Act introduces mandatory timeframes for social housing providers to investigate and address issues of damp and […]

Hampshire Tenants Recover £2,925 in Tenancy Deposit Claim – Read the Full Case Study

Phoenix Solicitors recover £2,925 in Tenancy Deposit Claim

Tenant Recovers £2,925 in Tenancy Deposit Claim Tenancy deposit protection is a legal requirement in England and Wales, yet many landlords still fail to comply. When this happens, tenants may be entitled to claim compensation of up to three times the value of their deposit. Recently, our firm achieved a successful outcome for two Hampshire […]

Phoenix Legal Secures Housing Disrepair Settlement for Lambeth Tenant

Phoenix Legal Secures Successful Housing Disrepair Settlement in Lambeth

Phoenix Legal Secures Successful Housing Disrepair Settlement in Lambeth The Housing Disrepair and Landlord & Tenant team at Phoenix Legal has recently secured a favourable settlement for a tenant in Lambeth following a longstanding dispute concerning serious disrepair issues at their rented property. Background to the Housing Disrepair Claim Our client had raised repeated complaints […]

What Happens If Your Housing Disrepair Claim Settles but Repairs Aren’t Completed?

What Happens If Your Housing Disrepair Claim Settles but Repairs Aren’t Completed?

What If a Housing Disrepair Claim Settles, But the Landlord Fails to Complete Repairs in Time? Phoenix Legal – Landlord and Tenant Team In housing disrepair claims, it is not uncommon for a case to settle, either before court proceedings or after proceedings have been issued, only for the landlord to fail to complete the […]

Housing Disrepair Claims: Guide to Rights, Compensation, and No Win No Fee Options

Housing Disrepair Claims: Your Guide to Rights, Compensation, and No Win No Fee Options

We have all seen the headlines of horrendous housing conditions that some landlords expect people to live in. With some tenants experiencing severe illnesses, or sadly even death as a result of this. Luckily, not all cases are this severe, although it is astonishing that they even happen at all. Low quality housing is an […]

Ceiling Collapse Leads To £26,930 In Compensation for Social Housing Tenant

Phoenix Legal Solicitors Recovers £26,930 for Social Housing Tenant in Housing Disrepair Case

Phoenix Legal Solicitors Recovers £26,930 for a Social Housing Tenant in a Housing Disrepair Case Phoenix Legal Solicitors is proud to have successfully secured a total sum of £26,930.00 by way of judgment on behalf of a social housing tenant. This case underscores our ongoing commitment to holding landlords accountable and ensuring tenants live in […]

Over £9,000 in Compensation Secured in Claim Against Private Landlord

Over £9,000 in Compensation Secured in Claim Against Private Landlord

Successful Housing Disrepair Claim: Phoenix Solicitors Secures Over £9,000 in Compensation in Claim Against Private Landlord Cases of housing disrepair can be both challenging and emotionally taxing for tenants, who often feel trapped in difficult living conditions with limited options for recourse. Recently, our team successfully navigated a particularly complex case, advocating for Mr C, […]