CEL Solicitors have helped a great-grandmother get her money back after scammers targeted her and impersonated her bank in a multi-stage attack which saw her entire current account cleaned out. Dorothy Baker received a call from scammers impersonating Covid-19 contact tracers. The swindlers told her that she had been exposed to someone who tested positiveRead more
Believe Housing tenant who suffers from asthma was forced to live with cracks, mould, and poor plastering despite contacting their landlord multiple times a year. The 29-year-old mother of two, who preferred not to be named, informed her landlord of the disrepair shortly after moving into the property. Despite making several complaints, the tenant receivedRead more
31-year-old Jermel Taylor-Crawford was forced to live in horrible conditions for years by Greenwich Borough Council when his requests for assistance were routinely ignored. The flat had mould spreading across its walls, and in his bedroom water dripped from his ceiling onto his bed. Jermel said: “The damp began to be a problem around sixRead more
A man who needed emergency dental surgery after breaking two teeth on a rogue pebble in his bowl of breakfast cereal has won £3,000 in compensation. The man – who asks not to be named – was left in severe pain after crunching down on a stone found in his cereal and needed emergencyRead more
A South Kesteven District Council tenant who first made a complaint in 2018 has finally received compensation after living with black mould and disrepair in her property for several years. After discovering that her walls were damp in 2018, Sarah (name changed for anonymity) made the first complaint to her landlord, South Kesteven DistrictRead more
When 50-year-old Patricia McCaulsky moved into her new home in New Addington in May 2019 she was overjoyed, even believing one plant to be the shoots of a potato plant. Instead of a pleasant potato harvest, however, she soon found that the mysterious plant growing in her Croydon home was actually Japanese knotweed, an incrediblyRead more
A tenant, who first requested assistance from her landlord in 2009, has finally obtained repairs and compensation, more than 10 years later, after contacting CEL Solicitors for legal support. The tenant, who wishes to remain anonymous, contacted her landlord repeatedly over the course of more than a decade, requesting essential repairs. Places for PeopleRead more
CEL Solicitors have helped a woman regain all of her lost money, plus interest and compensation after a romance scam left her £150,000 out of pocket. The victim – who asks to remain anonymous and who will be referred to as Carol – lost £150,000 in a romance scam that began on Facebook. Carol’s harrowingRead more
CEL Solicitors has helped a fifty-one-year-old grandmother suffering from black mould, condensation, rotting window frames, and cracking in plasterwork – plus a heating system not fit for purpose – for seven years! Millie Birmingham describes her three-bedroom social housing flat as “like an igloo” due to the housing disrepair and claims her son, 17, whoRead more
CEL Solicitors were successful in returning the full amount lost to an HMRC impersonation scam victim, along with additional interest. Alexandru, who didn’t want to be named publicly, was targeted by swindlers in an HMRC impersonation scam. He was told that he had an outstanding tax bill which, if he failed to pay, would resultRead more
