20 Burnell Drive, St Pauls, Bristol, BS2 9JU
CHI/00HB/HSB/2020/0001 · Bristol, City of · decided 12 May 2020 · rent repayment order
old rulescouncil application| Offence | Improvement notice not complied with |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | the council |
| Rent | £732.25 per month |
| Period the order relates to | 14 Jan 2019 to 20 Mar 2019 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | £1,617.38 |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £1,569.10 in total for the council |
| Share of the maximum | 97%, from the two figures above |
| Rules | Old rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent. |
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From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
but an order may not require the payment of any amount which the Tribunal is satisfied that, by reason of exceptional circumstances, it would be unreasonable for the Respondent to be required to pay – subsection (4). … Given the submissions of the Respondent recorded above, are there any exceptional circumstances such as to reduce or expunge the amount to be paid? He does not specifically refer to exceptional circumstances, but the Tribunal still needs to consider whether any exist. … The Tribunal considers here specifically the situation of repayments to a local authority. … He said: 'We must construe 'exceptional' as an ordinary, familiar English adjective, and not as a term of art. It describes a circumstance which is such as to form an exception, which is out of the ordinary course, or unusual, or special, or uncommon. … This Tribunal is not asked to sentence the Respondent for his crime, but to assess whether there are exceptional circumstances such as to negate the requirement of repayment. The Tribunal has found that there are no such exceptional circumstances. There is nothing here which is out of the ordinary course, or unusual, or special, or uncommon, but rather circumstances that are regularly, or routinely, or normally encountered. … The Tribunal calculates the sum of housing benefit paid to the Applicant during the relevant period as £1569.10. …
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