2 Trinity Close, Bicester Oxfordshire OX26 4TN
CAM/38UB/HMB/2019/0001 · Cherwell · decided 24 May 2019 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Illegal eviction |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 1 tenant |
| Rent | £995 per month |
| Period the order relates to | ? to 16 Apr 2018 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | £7 |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £7 (1 applicant) |
| Share of the maximum | 100%, as the tribunal stated it |
| Rules | Old rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent. |
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From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
were able to draw the tribunal’s attention to exceptional circumstances enabling it to refuse to award any amount that it might regard as unreasonable. … Unless parties are permitted or instructed by the tribunal to make written closing submissions after the hearing date (most usually if the evidence has taken up all the allotted hearing time) then the case will be determined on the basis of what was adduced at the hearing only. … Neither of these points appear to the tribunal to assist the respondent on this issue, so the applicant has not been invited to comment. Discussion and findings. In considering whether to make a rent repayment order the first matter on which the tribunal must be satisfied beyond reasonable doubt is that the landlord has committed an offence. … An analysis of other published decisions on rent repayment orders under the 2016 Act do not assist either. These issues are : a. As section 40 confers power on the tribunal to make a rent repayment order and section 43 states that the tribunal “may” make an order, on what basis is it to exercise its discretion on that initial step? b. … The use of the word "may" gives the authority some discretion in determining whether to make a repayment, but it was held that it does not relieve them of the duty to take into consideration the object of s.9, which was to remedy any injustice.1 17. …
An extract from the part of the decision that sets the amount. To keep people's names out, any sentence that might contain one is left out (marked …). The full reasons are in the original decision.
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