Housing litigation services in Pembrokeshire

HOUSING LITIGATION IN PEMBROKESHIRE FOR TENANTS & LANDLORDS

We specialise in housing litigation matters and can offer services to tenants based in Pembrokeshire as well as our landlord clients of Pathway Lettings.

TENANT

LANDLORD

Helping and supporting Pembrokeshire tenants with free housing litigation advice.

ARE YOU A TENANT IN NEED OF HELP?

Having problems with your Landlord?

Have you fallen behind with your rent?

Have you been served an eviction notice?

PATHWAY LEGAL CAN HELP YOU!

We offer free advice to private rented sector tenants on various residential housing matters such as:

Repairs
Landlord Compliance
Rent Arrears

Breach of Contract
Eviction
Repossession

Enforcement
Notices
Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016

Our free service to you also includes review of documentation, drafting correspondence to your Landlord and Letting Agent, drafting a defence to a repossession claim, correspondence with the court, and preparation and attendance at the hearing.

We can also support you with provision of our other services such as Pathway Counselling, Numeracy, Tenancy Support and Pathway Mediation.

Even if matters have progressed to litigation, it’s not too late, Pathway Mediation can still help to resolve issues between Tenants and Landlords and is often less stressful, less time consuming and less expensive. Pathway Mediation is free to access for Tenants thanks to funding from Nationwide Community Grant.

Services to Tenants are provided without charge to the individual, however wherever it is possible we will seek to recover these costs from your Landlord by means of a Pro Bono Cost Order. If we are successful in claiming a Pro-Bono Cost Order these costs cannot be passed on to the Tenant. Claiming these costs back will ultimately allow us to help more Tenants like you. We are not registered with the Legal Aid Agency and provision of our service to individuals is not means tested.

We regret that we cannot act in legal matters for any Tenants living outside the Pembrokeshire area, any social housing tenants (WWH, ateb, PCC etc) or tenants of properties that are managed by Pathway Lettings. This is due to a legal conflict of interest. However, we may be able to provide assistance to you through one of our other services through PATH.

Helping landlords to navigate repossessions using a balanced and considered approach for a cost effective and fair outcome.

SERVICES FOR LANDLORDS

We only offer housing litigation legal services to Landlord clients of Pathway Lettings who have signed up to the Fully Managed Service. As part of the Fully Managed Service the Pathway Lettings Team ensure the highest levels of landlord compliance and work in a collaborative way to resolve issues between Landlords and Tenants before they escalate.

The Pathway Lettings team will negotiate to meet a resolution to various types of disputes and can implement rent repayment agreements in respect of rent arrears. In some cases, the Pathway Lettings team may refer Landlords and Tenants to Pathway Mediation to resolve matters and this is provided at no additional cost to the either party.

If the above measures have been fully explored and have failed to resolve the issues, then Pathway Legal can help you. Pathway Legal is a separate service provided by our expert solicitor who specialises in housing litigation matters. Our legal fees for each stage of litigation are detailed in the table below. As a Landlord client of Pathway Lettings you will have exclusive access to this service which is not available to other Landlords.

Our fees have been structured in a way to provide greater value and certainty to Landlords regarding costs. Litigation costs are notorious for spiralling out of control, we are unique in that we offer fixed fees for each stage of the litigation process, and we are confident that like-for-like they are cheaper than any local high street law firm.

Litigation Stage	Work Included	Fees
Preliminary	Full legal compliance review, advice on various Notice types and related legal risks.	Free of charge to Pathway Lettings Landlords on the Fully Managed Service
Stage 1 - Notice	Drafting and service of Notice and related documentation and correspondence.	£100 + VAT
Stage 2 - Issue Claim	Drafting of claim form and supporting documents, copying in triplicate and filing with County Court.	£350 + VAT and £391 County Court Fee
Stage 3 - Proceedings	Respond to Defence / liaising with Court and Tenant representatives. OR Request for Default Judgement and service of the same.	£100 + VAT
Stage 4 - Preliminary-Hearing or Full Hearing	Preparation for Hearing and advice to client, attendance at Hearing and report to client on Hearing outcome and next steps. Drafting bespoke Court Order (if applicable).	£400 + VAT (each hearing)
Stage 5 – Enforcement (Bailiffs to remove tenant from property)	Application for Warrant of Possession, confirming Bailiff appointment with the Court and providing risk assessment (if applicable), and correspondence with Court and Tenant.	£150 + VAT Plus Court Enforcement Fee of £143

Additional legal work outside the scope of the above will be charged at a rate of £189/hour.
Legal Fees are reviewed on 1^st April each year and are subject to increase.
There will be no additional fees charged for travel to Haverfordwest County Court.
You may be able to recover the cost of our legal fees from your Landlord Insurance or Business Insurance provider.

Litigation Stage

Preliminary

Work Included

Full legal compliance review, advice on various Notice types and related legal risks.

Fees

Free of charge to Pathway Lettings Landlords on the Fully Managed Service.

Stage 1 - Notice

Drafting and service of Notice and related documentation and correspondence.

£100 + VAT

Stage 2 - Issue Claim

Drafting of claim form and supporting documents, copying in triplicate and filing with County Court.

£350 + VAT and £391 County Court Fee

Stage 3 - Proceedings

Respond to Defence / liaising with Court and Tenant representatives.

OR

Request for Default Judgement and service of the same.

£100 + VAT

Stage 4 - Preliminary-Hearing or Full Hearing

Preparation for Hearing and advice to client, attendance at Hearing and report to client on Hearing outcome and next steps. Drafting bespoke Court Order (if applicable).

£400 + VAT (each hearing)

Stage 5 – Enforcement (Bailiffs to remove tenant from property)

Application for Warrant of Possession, confirming Bailiff appointment with the Court and providing risk assessment (if applicable), and correspondence with Court and Tenant.

£150 + VAT Plus Court Enforcement Fee of £143

Additional legal work outside the scope of the above will be charged at a rate of £189/hour.
Legal Fees are reviewed on 1^st April each year and are subject to increase.
There will be no additional fees charged for travel to Haverfordwest County Court.
You may be able to recover the cost of our legal fees from your Landlord Insurance or Business Insurance provider.

We strongly advise all Landlords against pursing litigation without proper legal representation. This area of law has become highly complex and is constantly evolving as case law develops. It is fraught with risk and the penalties for errors are severe for both Landlord and Letting Agents, in the form of tenant compensation and embargos on further notices of 6 months. Serving an incorrect no-fault notice can increase the time a Tenant has in the property by 12 months at significant expense and inconvenience to the Landlord.

Pathway Lettings and Pathway Legal accept no liability for any unsuccessful repossession claim where Pathway Legal has not been instructed.

Even if matters have progressed to litigation Pathway Mediation can still help to resolve issues between Tenants and Landlords and is often a less stressful, less time consuming and less expensive option. Pathway Mediation is free for both Landlord and Tenant, and legal proceedings can be paused to allow mediation to take place.

During the repossession process we are mindful to ensure your tenants are fully supported throughout the process by our other services such as Pathway Counselling, Numeracy, Tenancy Support and Pathway Mediation. We will only bring forward repossession claims that have a high likelihood of success as this is less distressing for the Tenant.

If you have an enquiry or wish to instruct Pathway Legal to act for you, please feel free to Contact Us.

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For Landlords who have recently joined Pathway Lettings Fully Managed Service and have not completed the Occupation Contract Conversion we can draft the converted contract for £150 + VAT. We carefully review each clause of the old assured shorthold tenancy agreement and convert and incorporate the clauses into a new occupation contract ensuring each clause is compliant with the new legislation.

Contact Us

7 Picton Place, Haverfordwest, SA61 2LE

info@pathwaylegal.co.uk

01437 771413

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Supported by:

Our service provision is supported by Nationwide Community Grant until December 2025.

Any profit generated from our mediation service is put towards our charitable objectives and the provision of our homelessness services in Pembrokeshire.