11 Haywards, Crawley, West Sussex RH10 3TR
CHI/45UE/HMJ/2020/0001 · Crawley · decided 6 Apr 2021 · rent repayment order
old rulesDismissed: the tribunal did not make a rent repayment order in this decision. See the original for its reasons.
| Offence | Unlicensed HMO; also illegal eviction, harassment, violence for securing entry |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Company and individuals |
| Applicants | 1 tenant |
| Rent | not stated as one figure |
| Period the order relates to | 9 Nov 2019 to 12 Jan 2020 |
| Rules | Old rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent. |
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From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
order. … It was against that background that the Applicant’s request to the Tribunal to issue a witness summons was considered before the substantive hearing commenced. … His evidence was this envelope, showed that she was in occupation on 22nd December 2019. (Another part of his evidence appeared to contend that the envelope was post marked 31 October 2019 – see statement of case for injunction paragraph 2.a page [300]). … The fact that correspondence is addressed to a person at the premises does not necessarily provide evidence that that person was living there, let alone living there at the date of receipt of the letter. The Tribunal approached this issue against the background of a property where occupants were said to change – according to the evidence in the hearing bundle. The Tribunal’s approach to this summons might have been very different had the request been made at one of the earlier stages in this application. The hearing had been fixed for 04 March 2021 for many months and there had been considerable passage of time since the events complained of. … Grant of the witness summons would have required an adjournment at
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The original
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