4(A) Farm Close, Essex RM19 9TX
LON/00AB/HMG/2023/0012 · Barking and Dagenham · decided 1 Dec 2023 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed house (selective licensing) |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 2 tenants |
| Rent | £1,150 per month |
| Period the order relates to | 30 Jul 2021 to 29 Jun 2022 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | not stated as one figure (or not yet checked); £516 then deducted for utilities |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £907.17 per applicant on average; £1,814.35 in total for 2 applicants |
| Share of the maximum | 15%, 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
(a) ascertain the whole of the rent for the relevant period; (b) subtract any element of that sum that represents payment by the landlord for utilities that only benefited the tenant; (c) consider how serious this offence was, both compared to other types of offence in respect of which a rent repayment order may be made and compared to other examples of the same type of offence; and (d) consider whether any deduction from, or addition to, that figure should be made in the light of the other factors set out in section 44(4). … The Applicants are seeking repayment of the totality of the rent they paid during the period in which the offence was committed, which the Tribunal have found the period from 30 July 2021 to 29 June 2022. … The amount of any RRO is determined in accordance with section 44 of the 2002 Act. Section 44 (3) provides that the amount repaid in respect of a period must not exceed the rent paid in respect of that period. … The Tribunal find that some of the rent paid in the period between 30 July 2021 and 29 June 2022 must have related to rent due in respect of a period outside those months. It finds that the whole rent for the relevant period was ten months at £1150 and 29/30ths of the rent paid for June 2022, £12,611.67 in total. … These were charged to the house as a whole, not apportioned between the three flats. …
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