Rental Property Lawyers Queensland

If you’ve been injured or acquired an illness due to a lack of action by your landlord and an unsafe rental property, you may have a right to compensation. LHD Lawyers can help you with everything from understanding your tenant rights to common areas, to answering questions like “can I sue my landlord for stress?”,  to clarifying landlord and public liability insurance claims and help you receive compensation from landlords for mould, uneven floors, and other unsafe rental property conditions. Once you understand what issues you’re facing which will constitute a claim, LHD lawyers can work with you to put your claim together

If you, as a tenant, or a visitor of yours has sustained injuries at an unsafe rental property, you could be able to make a compensation claim. In order to be successful in this, you need to demonstrate you have received an injury (either physical, psychological) due to the negligence of someone else, such as your landlord. Once there has been an injury to property or person, you should visit a medical professional, seek treatment and notify your landlord of the issue. From here, it is recommended you contact an unsafe rental property lawyer, who can talk you through the next steps.

In order to make an unsafe rental property compensation claim, you need to show that: 

1. Your rental property is defective according to the requirements of the Building Code of Australia and could cause injury to property or person
2. Your landlord either knew or should have known of the defect causing the unsafe rental property, or simply refused to fix the issue
3. The rental agency or landlords did nothing in a timely fashion to prevent the risk of injury to property or person

A landlord public liability insurance claim might cover things like:

• Past and future medical costs
• Past and future loss of income
• Psychological trauma
• Physical pain and suffering
• Home nursing help and attendant care

Claiming unsafe rental property compensation from your landlord can be a tricky process, so your first port of call should be to get in touch with the legal professionals at LHD Lawyers. We’ll be able to assess your unique situation and help you to understand the process and your rights.

In order to make a successful tenant compensation claim, you’ll need to be able to prove that:

1. You were owed a duty of care by the landlord or agent
2. That duty of care was breached

It could have been previously predicted that this breach of care would lead to illness, injury to property or person