For the past six months, ITV News Political Correspondent Daniel Hewitt has been travelling the country uncovering the shocking conditions being endured by some people and families living in social housing – homes owned and run by local councils and housing associations. In a documentary – Surviving Squalor: Britain’s Housing Shame – to be broadcast…
DetailsMrs Plevin, represented by Miller Gardner Solicitors incorporated by Rowan Rose Solicitors in July 2019 The Supreme Court has handed down its judgment in ‘Plevin v Paragon Personal Finance Limited’. A copy of the judgment is available here. Commission Disclosure ‘Harrison’ has finally been overruled, 4 years after the High Court judgment and 3 years…
DetailsThe borrowers sought a second loan of £8000 to pay off the arrears from a mortgage broker after falling behind with their mortgage payments. . The lender, Hurstanger Ltd, provided the borrowers with documents that included a document that authorised payment of the broker’s arrangement fee of £1000 out of the loan. Another stated that…
DetailsThousands of people who bought solar panels have complained to a financial watchdog that they are not bringing them the returns they were promised. Many people took out loans to pay for panels on the promise they would save thousands of pounds in electricity costs and make money generating power. They say they have not…
DetailsPorterfield -v- Yorkshire Building Society 10th January 2020 before DJ Charnock-Neal @ Sunderland County Court. The Claimant was represented by Andrew Clark with “Plevin” Solicitor Zafar Afsar on behalf of Rowan Rose Solicitors – The Court dismisses the FCA redress approach under section 140B of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 by awarding a refund of…
DetailsMrs H from Essex instructed Rowan Rose Solicitors to make a claim for mis-sold Solar Panels on her behalf and we settled the matter in only 9 days. Her claim was brought under Sections 56 and 75 of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 against Barclays. It was held that as the finance provider, Barclays, were…
DetailsThe Housing Ombudsman for England has called for a culture change in social housing, accusing landlords of blaming tenants and not taking responsibility for disrepairs following an ITV News investigation. Richard Blakeway told ITV News he was “shocked” by the news reports, saying councils and housing associations lack empathy and respect for residents. In a…
DetailsEmma Reynolds and her two children are struggling with the ‘horrible’ living conditions in a property that is earmarked for demolition. A young mum and her two children are having to ‘live in their coats and dressing gowns inside a freezing cold and damp’ Birmingham flat. Emma Reynolds, three-year-old son Lewis and daughter Leah, 8,…
DetailsRESIDENTS of a “nightmare” block of flats have stuck bubble wrap around the windows to try and keep the cold out – and say “no one gives a s***” because they’re poor. Locals living in Pendleton flats in Salford were left “dreading” Christmas after Grenfell-style cladding was removed in September 2020 and never replaced. Read…
DetailsFamilies were left standing in the freezing cold as boiling hot water gushed into the communal corridor in their flats and a woman ended up in A&E after plaster from her ceiling fell on her. These were some of the tenants who spoke to ITV News about their plight as a government inquiry into the…
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