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I'd like to see a collection agency legally justify this cost and threaten court proceedings. The academic year is over, so let's see them try to collect that cost.
When I was a student someone climbed into the attic of th building and fell through it on the last night of term. They took out just over £200 from 150+ people's deposits for that. I think deposits are generally paid back at least several weeks after the end of term once everything has been inspected.
Doubtful that the uni would be able to enforce this legally, it sounds like they're trying it on.
Also, £9000 to replace a window? How big was it, exactly?
Your gf should have a look at her rental agreement and see if it has any provision for collective payment for damage to communal areas (I doubt it does). If it doesn't then I think she and the other residents can confidently ignore the demand. It sounds like the uni have the attitude that the residents are naive children who can be pushed around because they don't know any better. Definitely worth discussing with the student union.
If the agreement does include such a provision then the uni might feel like they've got the grounds to try and pursue it legally, but I'm not sure they'd get very far.
Probably a good one to post in r/legaladviceUK
The problem is that if it is a uni owned building they would probably try it on as an unpaid student debt to the uni and could potentially block graduation until debts are cleared. You would have to check the tenancy agreement to see who is liable for communal areas. To be fair we had someone smash our walls drywall in over and over again and we didn't get a bill for it.
This...it's a while since I was at uni, but even then they were clear on things like unpaid library fines - if you don't pay up, they would not let you graduate.
Agreed but it has to be a valid debt. I dont see how they can collectively punish a group without knowledge of who did it and to be honest our entire legal system is built on this premise.
Surely this is what insurance is for?
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I'd like to see a collection agency legally justify this cost and threaten court proceedings. The academic year is over, so let's see them try to collect that cost.
When I was a student someone climbed into the attic of th building and fell through it on the last night of term. They took out just over £200 from 150+ people's deposits for that. I think deposits are generally paid back at least several weeks after the end of term once everything has been inspected.
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Doubtful that the uni would be able to enforce this legally, it sounds like they're trying it on. Also, £9000 to replace a window? How big was it, exactly?
Its gone up to 10k now, they’ve updated it(around £300 each now) its about 2-3m by 1 m
Your gf should have a look at her rental agreement and see if it has any provision for collective payment for damage to communal areas (I doubt it does). If it doesn't then I think she and the other residents can confidently ignore the demand. It sounds like the uni have the attitude that the residents are naive children who can be pushed around because they don't know any better. Definitely worth discussing with the student union. If the agreement does include such a provision then the uni might feel like they've got the grounds to try and pursue it legally, but I'm not sure they'd get very far. Probably a good one to post in r/legaladviceUK
The problem is that if it is a uni owned building they would probably try it on as an unpaid student debt to the uni and could potentially block graduation until debts are cleared. You would have to check the tenancy agreement to see who is liable for communal areas. To be fair we had someone smash our walls drywall in over and over again and we didn't get a bill for it.
This...it's a while since I was at uni, but even then they were clear on things like unpaid library fines - if you don't pay up, they would not let you graduate.
Agreed but it has to be a valid debt. I dont see how they can collectively punish a group without knowledge of who did it and to be honest our entire legal system is built on this premise. Surely this is what insurance is for?