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66A Ridingleaze, Lawrence Weston, Bristol BS11 0QD

CHI/00HB/HMB/2020/0002 · Bristol, City of · decided 24 Jul 2020 · rent repayment order

old rules
OffenceIllegal eviction
LandlordIndividual
Applicants1 tenant
Rent£390 per month
Period the order relates to10 Mar 2019 to 10 Mar 2019
Maximum the tribunal could awardnot stated as one figure (or not yet checked)
Amount the tribunal ordered£3,380 (1 applicant)
Share of the maximumnot stated
Tribunal fees to be reimbursed£300
RulesOld rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent.

Read from the PDF automatically. Amounts are totals for the decision, across all its applicants; the maximum is left out of the statistics until it has been checked.

From the tribunal's reasons on the amount

(b) pay a local housing authority an amount in respect of a relevant award of universal credit paid (to any person) in respect of rent under the tenancy. … (2) A tenant may apply for a rent repayment order only if — (a) the offence relates to housing that, at the time of the offence, was let to the tenant, and (b) the offence was committed in the period of 12 months ending with the day on which the application is made. (3) A local housing authority may apply for a rent repayment order only if— (a) the offence relates to housing in the authority's area, and (b) the authority has complied with section 42. … (2) A notice of intended proceedings must— (a) inform the landlord that the authority is proposing to apply for a rent repayment order and explain why, (b) state the amount that the authority seeks to recover, and (c) invite the landlord to make representations within a period specified in the notice of not less than 28 days (“the notice period”). (3) The authority must consider any representations made during the notice period. (4) The authority must wait until the notice period has ended before applying for a rent repayment order. (5) A notice of intended proceedings may not be given after the end of the period of 12 months beginning with the day on which the landlord committed the offence to which it relates. …

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.

The original

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Past decisions are not a prediction. The tribunal decides each case on its facts, including the landlord's and tenant's conduct.

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