Protection from Harassment Act 1997

• Posted by tenancy solved July 21, 2018 - #Harassment  - 37 views

   

  

  • The Protection from Harassment Act 1997 governs the law on the prohibition of harassment by a landlord (or someone acting on the landlord’s behalf) and the penalty for doing such.
  • The Court has the power to make a restraining order against a landlord which will prohibit he/she from pursuing a course of conduct which amounts to harassment of another and, which he or she knows or ought to know amounts to harassment of the other.
  • A Court has the power to award compensation to a tenant if a Civil claim is brought before the Court alleging anxiety or financial loss caused because of harassment by the landlord (or associate working for him).
  

  by: tenancy solved uploaded July 21, 2018