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READER POLL RESULT: Should landlords and their insurers be liable for damage by tenants?

What NBR readers think about whether landlords and insurers should be liable for accidental damage by tenants.

Chris Hutching
Tue, 26 Apr 2016

A majority (59%) in an NBR ONLINE readers' poll think landlords and insurers should not be liable for accidental damage by tenants.

The question arose last week from an Appeal Court ruling where insurer AMI was seeking damages from a tenant who had left a pot on the stove and caused a fire

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Chris Hutching
Tue, 26 Apr 2016
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