Smith v Montague

Landlord wins · Cambridge · 2025-10-23

Adjudicator

Renée Lang

Dispute

Illegal Act, Maintenance, Tenant Rights

Landlord

M.M.

Tenant

D.S.

What happened

The Tenant filed a combined T1/T2/T6 application in February 2024 alleging harassment, interference with reasonable enjoyment, illegal collection of money, and maintenance failures. However, the applications were filed without any specific details or schedules. Despite a case management direction in December 2024 to provide these details, the Tenant failed to do so by the merits hearing in September 2025. Consequently, the original application was dismissed. The Tenant requested a review of that dismissal.

The ruling

The request to review the order dismissing the Tenant's applications is denied. The adjudicator found no serious error in the original proceeding. The dismissal remains in effect because the Tenant failed to provide any specific details or schedules for their claims for over 18 months despite being directed to do so.