To:
Ms Sarah McKeown LL.B
McKeown & Co. Solicitors
135 Ravenhill Road
Belfast BT6 8DR
Dear Ms McKeown,
As you may know, I happened to notice your Ravenhill Road Office by
chance this morning, and I spoke briefly with one of your secretaries
(Anna), who handed me one of your business cards.
As I briefly outlined to Anna this morning I have a number of legal
problems, the most pressing of which just now is that I am being
threatened with eviction from the flat I am at present living in, which
is near Ormeau Park.
Please see the scanned copies of two letters to me from Babingtons
Solicitors, acting on behalf of Radius Housing, both dated January 8th 2021
at:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/BabingtonsSolicitors/8January2021/Letter.htm
On February 9th I noticed some text at
https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/protection-against-eviction
which read:
"If you live in rented accommodation, the law protects you against
harassment and illegal eviction. It is a criminal offence for a landlord
to harass their tenant. A tenant could claim damages through court
action."
For a number of reasons, which include the fact that I am suffering from
Complex-Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, which I believe I am
not receiving proper medical treatment for, I feel I am
being subjected to harassment by Radius Housing. In addition, I have
heard (from a number of different sources) that it is unlawful for
landlords to attempt to evict tenants during the Covid-19 lockdown
periods. Also, I have not yet been told the results of two appeals I
have lodged with the Northern Ireland Appeal Service which relate
directly to the eviction threat in question, and which involved the
sudden cancellation -- without warning -- of
my Pension Credit payments, and some months later the cancellation of my Housing Benefit payments.
Up to recently, it looked as though I might have been able to get
professional legal advice on this eviction threat via local Community
Psychiatric Nurse Briana Bloomer, who, together with her colleague
Social Worker Tina Millar, had established contact on my behalf with
Belfast law-firm MSM Law. However, MSM Law has apparently decided to now
disengage from this role, and evidence of this can be seen in
the copy of the email dated March 8th I have received from Nurse Bloomer
at:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/BelfastHealthAndSocialCareTrust/8March2021/Gmail.pdf
Any written advice you might be able to let me have, as a professional
lawyer, regarding the legality of the eviction threat in question, would
be greatly appreciated.
I feel I should point out that I have replied to Babingtons Solicitors
letter dated January 8th (referred to above), and a scanned copy of my
reply, dated January 20th 2021, can be viewed at:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/BabingtonsSolicitors/20January2021/RegisteredLetter.htm
To date, I have not received any reply from Babington Solicitors to my
January 20th 2021 letter, which was sent to them through the registered
post.
Finally, there is a related FACEBOOK Post of mine at:
"LAW FIRM CAN NO LONGER PROVIDE SUPPORT"
https://www.facebook.com/william.finnerty.3/posts/10224005860317003
Yours sincerely,
William Finnerty.
Web Site:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com
FACEBOOK Timeline:
https://www.facebook.com/william.finnerty.3
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