RTB grants eviction order on appeal

[Greenbook]

The RTB granted an eviction order, but on appeal only from the lower tribunal. The report is here

It is a litany of horrors - rent arrears, damage to the property, anti-social behaviour, rubbish dumped, loud music being played, neighbours threatened, garda cars parked outside the property, serious threats made to the landlord and his family.

The landlord lost in the lower tribunal after all that and may only have one in the higher one because the tenants didn't turn up to give evidence.

No fines or sanctions for the tenants of course. They have been ordered to pay the arrears and pay for the damages, but that isn't worth the paper it is written on.

What a business to be in.

 

[LarryScott]

That is presumably only the determination order? The tenants are free to ignore it unless it is backed by a court order.

 

[Greenbook]

That is presumably only the determination order? The tenants are free to ignore it unless it is backed by a court order.

That is correct, it is just the appeal tribunal of the RTB.

Useless unless backed by a Court Order which will take time and money to obtain. The tenants will have vanished by the time the order issues, so it is a waste of time.

The landlord will get no redress here at all. All they can do is cut their losses.

 

[Greenbook]

The tenant phoned the landlord and threatened to murder him and his family. There is no sanction for that. The tenant gets away scott free

If a landlord had done that, he would be very heavily sanctioned. Quite right of course, but it shows the huge imbalance in treatment.

 

[JamieB_]

If only either side could choose to go direclty to court, because the RTB are a waste of time and money.

 

[ClubMan]

The tenant phoned the landlord and threatened to murder him and his family. There is no sanction for that. The tenant gets away scott free

That would be a criminal matter for the Gardaí to investigate and the DPP to prosecute if appropriate.

 

[Greenbook]

That would be a criminal matter for the Gardaí to investigate and the DPP to prosecute if appropriate.

Yes, but I think the RTB would have sanctioned the landlord for that threatening behaviour.

The tenant could, of course, contact the guards