‘I wouldn’t have the money to pay a lawyer’: tenants left without means to sue rogue landlords

New rules on fixed recoverable legal costs mean solicitors will no longer be able to afford to take on housing cases

Poor and vulnerable tenants who are evicted from their homes or living in dangerous conditions will lose the chance to take their landlords to court when new government rules on legal costs come into force next year, experts are warning.

The rules, designed to deter ambulance chaser" personal injury claims, mean claimants awarded damages of less than 100,000 will only be able to seek fixed recoverable costs" (FRCs) to cover legal expenses.