Q. I would like to challenge a landlord’s decision to keep the deposit ($250) unrightfully. Do I have to go to a Beis Din or can a Posek give me permission to go to a goish court. The amount is so small no Beis Din will bother with my case. Is it better to just accept the loss.

A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that you do not need permission from a Beis Din to lodge a complain for redress at the Landlord and Tenant Board or its equivalent.
You may also want to approach the landlord’s Rov at the shul where he davens, he may be able to solve the problem by just speaking with him.

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit”a