The Deposit Protection Service says
that in 2014 one in six landlords required to submit evidence after
agreeing to dispute resolution either missed the deadline or sent in
nothing, meaning an automatic ruling or pay out for the tenant.
The DPS – which protects deposits
during tenancies and provides a separate independent adjudication
service for the adjudication of disputes – says 17.63 per cent of
landlords missed deadlines or failed to respond.
Tenants were even less likely to
submit evidence in time, with over 22.86 per cent either providing
evidence after the deadline or failing to deliver any at all.
Alexandra Coghlan-Forbes, Head of
Adjudication at the DPS, says: “Too many landlords and tenants are
shooting themselves in the foot during disputes by failing to get us the
evidence we need to assess their cases. We do everything we can to make
sure both parties understand what’s needed and by when, and it’s
important that both landlords and tenants meet the 14 calendar day
deadline.”
During 2014 failing to submit
evidence at all was more common than missing deadlines, with evidence
from 10.37 per cent of landlords and 15.77 per cent of tenants never
being submitted.
http://www.landlordtoday.co.uk/news_features/Many-landlords-fail-to-contest-dispute-resolution-cases
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