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Pubs Code Adjudicator Investigates Stonegate Over Tenant Mistreatment

8/18/2026

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The Pubs Code Adjudicator opened an investigation into Stonegate Pub Partners over alleged tenant mistreatment.
Tenants allege Stonegate pursued a couple for £77,000, sent bailiffs to their home and disrupted cancer care, and left a York family with black mould for months.
Labour MP Rachael Maskell called the tied-tenancy system a “feudal relationship” and urged reform, while Stonegate said it will cooperate with the PCA and make required changes.

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The Pubs Code Adjudicator opened an investigation into Stonegate Pub Partners over alleged tenant mistreatment.
Tenants allege Stonegate pursued a couple for £77,000, sent bailiffs to their home and disrupted cancer care, and left a York family with black mould for months.
Labour MP Rachael Maskell called the tied-tenancy system a “feudal relationship” and urged reform, while Stonegate said it will cooperate with the PCA and make required changes.