Injury Through Rented House Disrepair

[kvalidir]

Odd question- my brother has been injured and a car damaged when he opened a garage door at a rented property and the whole double garage door fell completely away from it's housing. It hit him on the head and it's exacerbated an existing issue with his vision. On top of that the car in the garage was damaged. If the car hadn't been there he'd likely have bee killed. The tenant has no insurance of her own, but my suspicion is that the landlord is liable as the garage door was clearly not fitted correctly. There are lots of other issues with the house, non working shower, defunct water supply, broken window hinges that the landords have been aware of for 6 months and not mended.Since my brother cannot get recompense from the tenant because she is uninsured and has no money can he sue the agents/ landlords directly, or does he have to fruitlessly sue the tenant and then she sue the landlord ( as she has losses of her own anyway with the damaged car). Could she also reclaim any of her paid rent a the house is not as it was described in the advert, with serious issues the landlord is ignoring?
I've looked through our landlord insurances and can't see the answer, likewise googled but it's an unclear scenario. Certainly I'm sure as landlords they have to make sure the property is maintained and not dangerous as we do, but further than that and it's a bit ambiguous. Any help would be gratefully received.

[agchristie]

Wishing your brother a speedy recovery kval ;-)

[kvalidir]

Thanks AG xxx