If you have this extra money lying around why would you not pay the rent as ordered by the court?
I hope this has been of some benefit to you, good luck.
"FIGHT ON"
The way they look at it is if you can pay ￡900 up front for rent in advance then you should be paying your rent arrears and quite right too. You haven't got a leg to stand on complaining about this.
It seems you handed them an opportunity to use the sum as arrears. If you had stuck to the rent plus ￡40 it would not have happened. Write a letter to them outlining your intended use of the money, keep a copy. This may help you if they take you to court. But I repeat, you seem to have invited this by paying a lump sum.
Completely legal. You have to pay off your arrears first.
It is legal. they did not know if it was for rent or paying off the arrears.
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