DR0216-24439
5 Village View Kilbreck Stamullen Meath
Date: 2016-05-30
Evictor: Adrienne Ward
Ruling against evictor: Illegal eviction, interference with the tenant's right to peaceful and exclusive occupation, breach of fixed term lease
Notes:
Tenant's evidence: "On 19th March 2016 8 people pulled up in three cars to the dwelling. In addition to ringing the front door bell they jumped over the fence and came around the back of the dwelling banging on windows and doors and trying to prise open the French doors to the rear. The Tenant and his witness locked themselves in the kitchen. A member of the party then drilled through the lock on the front door and they then had no choice but to leave. A locksmith then came and changed the locks. The Tenant called the Gardai who arrived but told him they could do nothing as it was a civil matter. All his belonging were in the house and he was thrown out on the street with nothing." RTB decision: "The Tribunal finds that on the date of the Unlawful Termination it was extremely heavy handed for eight people in three cars to arrive jumping over fences shouting and banging on doors and windows and subsequently drilling the lock on hall door. It was very frightening and disturbing for the occupants. As a result the Tenant was left with nowhere to live and had to rely on the generosity of friends and relatives."
Data Source: RTB