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CAM/38UC/HMF/2019/0017 · Oxford · decided 12 Jun 2020 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 4 tenants |
| Rent | not stated as one figure |
| Period the order relates to | 1 May 2018 to 30 Apr 2019 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | £19,170 |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £2,396.25 per applicant on average; £9,585 in total for 4 applicants |
| Share of the maximum | 50%, from the two figures above |
| Tribunal fees to be reimbursed | £300 |
| Rules | Old rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent. |
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From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
The issue of substance in this case is quantum. … Later case law considered that only substantial misconduct on the tenant’s part would be relevant to any reduction in the size of an award. … I first turn to considering the conduct of the landlord, under the headings which arose in this case. Professional or not. Though I was encouraged by the Applicants to find that the Respondent was a “professional” landlord, I do not find that this is so; I do not find that that she lets out property as a “business”. … Whilst I heard her account that she and her husband had (during their 36 years of marriage) made a hobby of buying property, renovating, and then letting it – information given in the context of the Respondent having had a good track record with her tenants, enjoying good relations with them and suffering no problems during that time – she was simultaneously bringing up a family, whilst working piecemeal as an educational psychologist, and now is retired. Whilst the Respondent has disclosed belatedly an additionally source of income in the letting not only of these premises (her former home) but an ex-council flat in Tower Hamlets - both of which give her an income - I do not consider that she makes a business out of doing so. …
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The original
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