So mail arrived at the property that I live in addressed to The Landlord and Occupiers, before the Landlords agent could arrive another tenant opened the mail. It had an eviction date on the mail for all tenants within the property. The agent has stated the issue has been dealt with but on Monday this tenant called and they were told the eviction has been put off for two months. Now I know the Landlords have made payment and the eviction will not be happening but this tenant wants proof from the Landlords/Agent. The Landlords have stated that they are not obligated to provide proof and the mail should not have been opened in the first place.
We would not have known anything about an eviction had this man not opened the letter and the Landlord would have dealt with it.
I wanted to ask…
1. Do the Landlords have to provide proof that the eviction is not going ahead?
2. The mail said Landlord and Occupiers, before the Landlord could collect the mail the other tenant opened it, did he have a right to open the mail?
3. The Solicitor gave the tenant information about the Landlords account, did they have a right to do this even though he is not named on the Mortgage. He even sent them a tenancy agreement.
The agent has stated that mail has been going missing which lead to the issue but he claims that's impossible, I have lived in the property quite some time and I believe the agent.
Let me know what you think.
Added (1). Just to confirm, the Landlords full name was on the letter then it said occupiers.
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