Bespoke RTB dispute preparation · Landlords & Tenants · Ireland

Your RTB hearingis coming.Be the prepared one.

Bespoke hearing preparation for RTB disputes — a pack composed for your hearing and every issue in it: dates checked against the law, evidence organised, procedure demystified. For landlords and tenants alike.

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01 — The reality

Most parties walk in unprepared.
It shows in the outcomes.

Dispute referrals are rising sharply. Legal costs are rarely awarded, so most people represent themselves — against a process with strict statutory steps and unforgiving paperwork.

0disputes referred to the RTB in 2025
0%rise in dispute applications, Q1 2026
0termination notices served in Q1 2026 alone

Sources: RTB Director's Quarterly Updates 2025–26 (2025 total aggregated from the four published quarterly figures; official Annual Report 2025 pending) · RTB Annual Report 2024.

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02 — The product

Not a guide. A bespoke pack,
composed for your hearing.

Real hearings decide several issues at once — arrears, notice validity, rent reviews, counterclaims. Tick every issue in your case and your pack is composed for the whole hearing: your dates tested against the statutory requirements, your risks flagged in plain language, your preparation mapped to your hearing date.

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RTB Hearing Pack

Complete, case-specific preparation for your adjudication or tribunal hearing.

Your dates and paperwork checked against the Act — every finding explained, with its statutory basis and what to do
Evidence checklist for your dispute type, gaps identified — plus your preparation timeline
Your chronology and submission structure, pre-built from your answers · Complete
The hearing explained start to finish, with hearing-day guidance · Complete
€79 Essentials · €149 Completeone-off · VAT included
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Before you serve

Notice Checker

Get the notice right the first time — before a small error costs you months.

Right ground, right notice period, computed from your dates
The 28-day arrears warning sequence, step by step
The postal-service trap and the same-day RTB rule, handled
Your notice generated, with a service checklist and proof steps
€49one-off · VAT included
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03 — The experience

Scroll the journey.

/01 — TELL US

One question at a time

Plain language throughout, with the legal reason each question matters explained as you go. Ten minutes, start to finish.

/02 — WE CHECK

Your case, tested against the Act

Dates and documents run through the statutory requirements — notice periods, warning windows, service rules — and risks surfaced before the other side finds them.

/03 — YOU PREPARE

Your pack, instantly

Expectations, evidence checklist, chronology, timeline and submission template — generated from your answers, delivered on the spot.

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Before the termination notice, did you send the tenant a written warning about the arrears?
Why we ask — the law requires a written warning to the tenant and the RTB, and 28 days to pay, before a notice can be served.
Yes — in writing
No — straight to the notice
I'm not sure
04
04 — The method

Checked against the Act.
Current with the case law.

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Statute-checked, date by date

Every deadline and requirement in your pack is computed from the legislation itself — notice periods, warning windows, service rules — applied to your dates.

/B

Kept current — including recent court decisions

Tenancy law changed twice in the last year, and court rulings keep moving it. Every pack is stamped with the law it was built on, and updated when the law changes.

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Fair by design

The same rigour whichever side you're on. Preparation, not opinion — with clear signposts to independent advice and support services when your case needs more.

⬤ Serious validity risk found

Your RTB copy was sent on the posting day. Under a 2026 High Court decision, postal service is deemed to take effect on delivery — so the copy may not meet the same-day rule, which can invalidate an otherwise compliant notice.

Can it be cured? In some circumstances the law allows a remedial notice after a hearing. Your pack explains the conditions and the deadline.
Checked against s.62(1A) RTA 2004 · s.25 Interpretation Act 2005 · Argutinski v RTB [2026] IEHC 225 · Law as at 1 March 2026
05
05 — The anatomy of a notice

Seven ways a notice dies.
Touch each one.

Hover or tap the seven numbered parts
Notice of Termination

1Date of service: 4 November 2026

To the Tenant of the dwelling at [the property].

2The reason for this termination is that the rent due has not been paid, a warning notice having issued to you and to the RTB on 23 September 2026 and 28 days having elapsed without payment.

3The termination date is 5 December 2026. You must vacate on or before that date, 4and you have the whole of the 24 hours of that day to give up possession.

5Any issue as to the validity of this notice or the right of the landlord to serve it must be referred to the Residential Tenancies Board within 28 days from the date of receipt of it.

6Signed: ____________ (Landlord)

7+ the requirement you cannot see on the page at all →

Get it wrong → notice invalid

The referral statement

The notice must state that any validity dispute must be referred to the RTB — within 28 days of receipt for arrears/breach notices, 90 days otherwise (s.80). Its absence is one of the most common fatal omissions in real notices.

Every element here — and dozens more behind it — is what the engine tests against your actual dates and documents. Run your case →