DR0821-71693
57 Rialto Court Dublin 8 D08AK25
Date: 2022-08-15
Evictor: Paul Traynor
Ruling against evictor: Illegal eviction, interference with the tenant's right to peaceful and exclusive occupation
Notes:
Tenant's evidence: "The Appellant Tenant stated that he got home from working all night (as a taxi driver) around 3 o’clock on the afternoon of 5 January 2021 to find that all his documents such as his passport etc were missing as was the spare key for his car. He stated that he called the Guards to the property. He said that the following morning he got a phone call from an unknown person telling him to pay the arrears of rent which at that time was €1500... The caller told him to leave the apartment and leave the keys in the apartment and if he called the Guards his taxi would be burnt". RTB decision: "The Tribunal finds that the agreement by the Appellant Tenant to vacate the dwelling was a result of the Respondent Landlord’s intimidation by means of the taking of the car and documents. The Tribunal finds that the Respondent Landlord was the only party with keys to the dwelling other than the Appellant Tenant and that accordingly on the balance of probabilities and being the only party with any motive he was responsible for the taking of the car and documents"
Data Source: RTB