Landlord vs tenant disputes can quickly escalate into protracted and expensive litigation, and as a landlord you may be tempted to take the law into your own hands by changing locks, cutting electricity etc.
We analyse our law in that regard, explain what a “spoliation order” is and what a tenant must prove to obtain one, and discuss a recent High Court case in which an internet café owner in a shopping centre disputed her landlord’s method of billing for electricity.
When the landlord cut her electricity and changed the locks she successfully asked the High Court for a “spoliation order” – a good practical example of why unlawful self-help is a bad option for landlords.
