SOAS Cut The Rent

02/09/2020

Just a reminder that today is the due date for signed Pro Bono Agreements!

If you want to join the litigation group, please return your signed documents to [email protected] by end of day today!

20/08/2020

Update: August 20, 2020

Hi all,

We know it’s been a long time since you’ve heard from us, but we have some good news. Our legal team has finalised the pro-bono agreement documents, and now we need your signatures if you want them to represent you.

There are two documents to review: the Terms of Business and the Pro Bono Agreement. Please read them through carefully before returning the Pro Bono Agreement with your signature. The deadline for signatures is 2 September 2020, so don’t leave it until the last minute!

Once you have signed the document, please scan them and send them to [email protected] ASAP. Hopefully this will be the action that ends this struggle.

We hope you are all doing well and keeping safe.

In solidarity,

The Team

P.S. We’re not sharing the documents here for confidentiality reasons. If you didn’t receive the documents by e-mail, please message us and we’ll send them to you!

02/07/2020

Have a question for the legal team you'd like answered? Submit your questions here and we will try to answer them all in the Zoom meeting: today at 16:00 BST!

We are embarking an official agreement with a law firm, so that they can represent us against Sanctuary Students if need be. The meeting will take place on Thursday 2nd July, at 4pm on Zoom. Please check your emails for more information. Add your questions for the lawyers here, and we will get them....

01/07/2020

Big news: We're moving forward with legal representation.

Read our latest update here:

We understand that joining the litigation group may be daunting.  To make you feel more comfortable, we are answering your FAQs and offering each of you the opportunity to meet the legal team. If you would like to attend this meeting, please fill out our Legal Representation Information form as we ...

29/06/2020

URGENT Update: June 29, 2020

Hi all,

We have received the draft client sign-up documents from the law firm who has agreed to represent the strikers pro-bono against Sanctuary Students. We are reviewing the documents now and will circulate them to you via e-mail within the next 12 hours. If you are not already on the mailing list, please sign up for it here: http://eepurl.com/g4Zlm9 . You can also join our mailing list on our website.

The law firm has asked that we confirm our desire to be represented by them by Thursday 2 July, 2020. For anyone who has been thinking about accepting the offer for legal representation, now is the time to make your decision. Once you have received the draft documents, please read them through carefully so you can make an informed choice. If you have any questions, the Sanctuary Strike Team will do its best to answer them in a timely manner.

In solidarity,

The Team

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29/05/2020

Hi everyone,

Due to technical difficulties, the new Zoom link for today's town hall is here. Join us from now until noon!

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28/05/2020

URGENT Update: May 28, 2020

Hi all,

It has been brought to our attention that Sanctuary Students has engaged a third party debt recovery service and students are receiving e-mails threatening legal action should the debt not be repaid in 7 days. We recognise that this is beyond our ability to fight alone, so we have engaged a law firm to represent us against Sanctuary Students.

This is a scary update but please rest assured that we are being proactive about the situation. We have confirmed that the law firm will be representing us pro bono, and we are working to collect all of the evidence we might need to defend ourselves.

So, what can you do right now?

1. Don’t panic. You don’t need to pay up and you don’t need to respond. From here on out, we are letting our legal team communicate on our behalf.
2. If you have any relevant evidence (e-mails, written communications, photos, etc.) that may be useful, please send them to [email protected] with “EVIDENCE” as the subject line.
3. We are holding another Zoom town hall tomorrow at 11:00 BST. If you have any questions or anything you want to ask the team about, join us here: https://lse.zoom.us/j/95504432667

At this very moment, our legal team is figuring out our course of action. We will make sure every single one of you is protected. The rent strike team is here for you if you need to talk.

In solidarity,

The team

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28/05/2020

Join us right now for the first ZOOM Q&A Session

The rent strike process is a long one and we want to make it clear that we’ll be here for you all the way, which is why we’ve set up more ways for you to ask us questions and understand what we’re doing. Tomorrow and on Friday we will be hosting some Zoom ‘town hall’ style events with organisers from the campaign:

Thursday 28th May @ 2pm (BST): https://zoom.us/j/93523898864?pwd=b0l1MXFvbFNIY2JXR3BYNDByVUd4dz09

28/05/2020

Remember we have two meeting going on today Thursday at 2pm and tomorrow Friday at 11am to talk about all things rent strike! Both of them on Zoom and London time.

Check our last newsletter or message us to get the links!

27/05/2020

Campaign Update 27th May: Arrears Letters & What They Mean - https://mailchi.mp/ce2e72b2a056/campaign-update-27th-may-arrears-letters-what-they-mean

26/05/2020

RENTSTRIKE Update! SanctuaryStrike 26th May ✊ - https://mailchi.mp/98b5650e7520/rentstrike-update-sanctuarystrike-26th-may