Good afternoon,

I have a very specific question about the tenancy deposit scheme and the Housing act which gouverns it. Basically I recently found out that I have not been provided with the required prescribed information when I signed into my last AST. Now there is little argument that I have a case as I have a letter from the Tenancy dispute service who where supposed to be handling the deposit saying that the agent had not complied with the laws or there guidlines but here is where the issue gets tricky. I don't have a legal contract with the agent the landlord is the one who asked them to take my deposit and secure it. So who do I persue for the TDS penulty 3* the deposit + the deposit? I already have a case against the Landlord who says it's the agents fault I should be persuing them.

The Housing act 213 unhelpfully states that the word Landlord can refer to the landlord or the agent. So who should I persue?

I dont want to end up losing out on the court costs because I chased the wrong person!

HELP!!

Tom