This is a really good example of where all that lawyerly small print comes
from. They know, from experience, that you have to put something like 'your
landlord and his successors' - and a lot of other caveats and expansions -
in order not to end up, very occasionally, in this sort of dilemma.
However, the consequence is a load of small print which people don't read,
which actually leaves them worse off most of the time.
If, in the interests of transparency, you use a more reader-friendly
approach, you must then be allowed a bit of common-sense leeway in the
interpretation. I would treat the consent as applying to the landlord,
whoever they may be, not just one specific landlord, and take the flak if
there are any objections.
Paul Ticher
0116 273 8191
22 Stoughton Drive North, Leicester LE5 5UB
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From: "Brenda Scourfield" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 3:16 PM
Subject: Landlord question
A tenant when claiming housing benefit answered 'yes' back in 2006 to the
question "do you give permission for the Council to discuss any aspect of
your claim with the landlord?" He was residing with the landlord at the time
and paying rent.
The landlord has now died and her son has inherited the property. Does he
now count as the landlord and can historical details of the claimant's
benefit claim be discussed with him or should we obtain consent again ?
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