If you have entered into an Assured Shorthold Tenancy Agreement in or after 2012, your landlord is required (by law) to protect your deposit within a government-backed deposit protection scheme within 30 days of receipt, using one of the following schemes:
- Tenancy Deposit Solutions Limited (TDSL), also known as MyDeposits
- The Deposit Protection Service (DPS)
- The Tenancy Deposit Scheme run by the Dispute Service Limited (TDS)
In addition to the above, your landlord must provide you with details of the whereabouts of your deposit together with a leaflet with respect to the scheme, this must be done by your landlord within 30 days of receipt of the deposit.
Hadid Law Solicitors Limited can help you claim compensation from your landlord should your landlord fail to do any of the following:
- Fail to place your deposit into a deposit protection scheme at all
- Fail to place your deposit into a deposit protection scheme within 30 days
- Fail to provide you with details of the deposit protection scheme within 30 days
If you are unsure as to whether your deposit has been placed within a deposit protection scheme, Hadid Law Solicitors Limited are able to make searches on your behalf in order to ascertain whether your deposit has been protected.
Should you meet the criteria above, you are entitled to pursue a claim for compensation even in the following instances:
- Where your landlord returns your deposit
- Where you no longer reside at the property
- Where your rent and/or deposit is paid for by the council
Should you meet any of the criteria above, Hadid Law Solicitors Limited can assist you with recovering compensation, contact us and arrange a consultation.
