One of the most common complaints students have is “my landlord unfairly took my deposit”. Most will experience a deposit deduction at some point during their university lives, whether it be fair or unfair. But students are starting to fight back. The deposit process is the same as any other part of the law, innocent until proven guilty. Meaning it is up to the landlord to prove the damage, not It's not uncommon for people to feel like they've bulldozed themselves into university accommodation – and this was certainly the case for Jack Simm. He said: "It was like a building site, I thought it would be lovely and modern and new and everything." So he went to the courthouse for his first case and he won it The 19-year-old was in his first year at the University of East Anglia in September 2020 when he moved into the Velocity Student accommodation in Norwich. But because he got his university place through clearing he didn't get a chance to