{"id":4204,"date":"2019-01-11T12:17:59","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T12:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citylets.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4204"},"modified":"2019-01-11T12:17:59","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T12:17:59","slug":"tvs-judge-rinder-rules-in-favour-of-landlord-who-threw-familys-belongings-from-balcony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.citylets.co.uk\/blog\/tvs-judge-rinder-rules-in-favour-of-landlord-who-threw-familys-belongings-from-balcony\/","title":{"rendered":"TV\u2019s Judge Rinder Rules in Favour of Landlord Who Threw Family\u2019s Belongings from Balcony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An Edinburgh landlord and amateur boxer, who dumped his former tenant\u2019s possessions in the garden after evicting her and her children earlier this year, was awarded \u00a31,250 compensation on the ITV\u2019s Judge Rinder\u2019s show.<\/p>\n<p>David Love, who owns properties in and around Edinburgh, served an eviction noticed to mother-of-nine\u00a0Donna Newby in March to vacate the property in Wester Drylaw Place after she had fallen into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citylets.co.uk\/blog\/rent-overdue-advice-for-landlords\/\">rent arrears<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>How not to evict tenant<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Having lived in the property for nine years, Donna had her housing benefit sanctioned and stopped paying rent. When she failed to vacate the property on the eviction date, the landlord and three other men carried out the removal of the family\u2019s belongings by throwing them out of the second floor flat\u2019s balcony into the garden. Among the dumped items were TVs, laptops, electronic toys and bed.<\/p>\n<p>The landlord appeared on the Judge Rinder\u2019s show to claim \u00a35,000 compensation for the damage the family had caused to the property, including a broken sink, broken window panes, locks and handles, damaged floors and skirting boards.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citylets.co.uk\/blog\/tvs-judge-rinder-rules-in-favour-of-landlord-who-threw-familys-belongings-from-balcony\/gavel-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4206\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4206\" src=\"https:\/\/www.citylets.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/gavel.jpg\" alt=\"gavel\" width=\"829\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.citylets.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/gavel.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.citylets.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/gavel-700x385.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.citylets.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/gavel-400x220.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.citylets.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/gavel-768x422.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 829px) 100vw, 829px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Ruling in favour of the landlord<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The television judge ruled that Mr Love hadn\u2019t acted unlawfully reclaiming his property and granted him with \u00a31,250 for the damage that was a result of \u201cDonna\u2019s negligence.\u201d The judge stressed though the landlord\u2019s actions were \u201cnot an advisable thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Love received back payments for unpaid rent in a previous court hearing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citylets.co.uk\/mobile\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2791\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2791\" src=\"https:\/\/www.citylets.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/latest-apps.png\" alt=\"latest-apps\" width=\"618\" height=\"85\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.citylets.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/latest-apps.png 618w, https:\/\/www.citylets.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/latest-apps-400x55.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Judge Rinder\u2019s TV court is not an official court of law but participants sign a contract agreeing to abide by the judge\u2019s rulings.<\/p>\n<p>Housing charity <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shelter.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shelter<\/a> Scotland advises: \u201cAnyone struggling to pay their rent should seek help or support early on. If <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citylets.co.uk\/blog\/ending-the-tenancy\/\">eviction<\/a> is genuinely unavoidable, it should be done in a way that treats the tenants with respect and dignity.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Edinburgh landlord and amateur boxer, who dumped his former tenant\u2019s possessions in the garden after evicting her and her children earlier this year, was awarded \u00a31,250 compensation on the ITV\u2019s Judge Rinder\u2019s show. David Love, who owns properties in and around Edinburgh, served an eviction noticed to mother-of-nine\u00a0Donna Newby in March to vacate the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[344,502,505],"class_list":["post-4204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-property","tag-eviction","tag-judge-rinder","tag-shelter-scotland","property"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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