205 Bonham Road, Dagenham, RM8 3BL
LON/00AB/HMG/2024/0027 · Barking and Dagenham · decided 17 Sep 2024 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed house (selective licensing) |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 1 tenant |
| Rent | £1,400 per month |
| Period the order relates to | 21 Oct 2022 to 20 Oct 2023 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | not stated as one figure (or not yet checked) |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £2,293 (1 applicant) |
| Share of the maximum | 50%, 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
determined in accordance with— (a)section 44 (where the application is made by a tenant); 12. Section 44(1) HPA 2016 of the Act provides that where the First-tier Tribunal decides to make a rent repayment order under s41(1) in favour of a tenant, the order may be made in relation to rent paid over the period not exceeding 12 months during which the landlord was committing the offence. … 4558 the Court of Appeal held that when calculating the maximum in order to be recoverable under a rent repayment order, the rent in question had both to have been paid to discharge indebtedness which had arisen during the relevant period of offending by the landlord and in fact paid during that period. Thus rent paid by the tenant after the landlord's offending had ceased could not be included in the calculation of the maximum amount of a rent repayment order even if it had been paid in order to satisfy a liability which had accrued during the relevant period. … It is the Applicant’s case, which the Respondents accept, that the Respondents were in control of or managing a house which was required to be licenced but was not so licenced from the date of purchase. i.e. 21 October 2022. …
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