tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22617683.post8971937704909305900..comments2023-08-15T12:32:37.166+01:00Comments on The Landlord Law Blog: More tenancy deposit muddleTessa Sheppersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09661168506904640975noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22617683.post-75378515053687311442009-08-21T13:55:55.479+01:002009-08-21T13:55:55.479+01:00If you consider the purpose of the law to be to ma...If you consider the purpose of the law to be to make sure a tenant gets there deposit back when they should, then the cheque in the waiting room is fine. Remember that there could be damage or arrears and the tenant is still getting his money back. Since the tenant has "suffered no loss", why should they be enriched by a civil penalty?<br /><br />Also considering the focus on avoiding court actions, this line of approach would seem to be very sensible.<br /><br />I do see less court actions might be the result and therefore a slight loss of earnings, but it would seem to fit the reason we have the law.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com