DR0320-61044 TR0720-004375
Barrow House Athy Via Laois Kildare R14D899
Date: 2021-10-13
Evictor: Pat Brennan
Ruling against evictor: Illegal eviction, stolen deposit
Notes:
Tenant's evidence: "He stated that on the 23rd February he had received a phone call from the Respondent Landlord inviting him to do “three rounds". He said this happened on a Sunday and on the evening when he had finished work he went to meet the Respondent Landlord at the dwelling. He said his partner and their child were in the dwelling and when the respondent landlord came there was a serious altercation and the respondent knocked him to the ground. He said his partner and their child stayed at his mother’s house that night while he remained in the rented accommodation." RTB decision: "The Respondent Landlord breached his obligation to allow the Appellant Tenants peaceful and exclusive occupation of the dwelling by entering the dwelling on 23rd February 2020 and unlawfully terminated the tenancy of the dwelling on 24th February 2020 by changing the locks... The Tribunal is satisfied on the evidence before it that the Appellant Tenants suffered distress anxiety and inconvenience as a result of the unlawful termination of the tenancy by the Appellant Landlord."
Data Source: RTB