70a Ballards Lane, London, N3 2BU
LON/00AC/HMF/2025/0647 · Barnet · decided 16 Sep 2025 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 1 tenant |
| Rent | £850 per month |
| Period the order relates to | 1 Aug 2023 to 31 Jul 2024 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | not stated as one figure (or not yet checked) |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £6,120 (1 applicant) |
| Share of the maximum | 60%, as the tribunal stated it |
| Tribunal fees to be reimbursed | £330 |
| Rules | Old rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent. |
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From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
amount? The exercise of the tribunal’s discretion. The Applicant asked the tribunal to exercise its discretion and make an RRO. The decision of the tribunal. The tribunal determines to exercise its discretion to make a rent repayment order. The reasons for the decision of the tribunal. The tribunal considered the evidence and determined that it was appropriate for it to exercise its discretion and make a rent repayment order because there had been a clear breach of the law. The maximum amount of the RRO which can be ordered. The claimant says that she paid rent of £850 per month first to the lead tenant to provide to the Respondent until March 2024 and then directly to the Respondent for the remaining period of her occupancy. She produced evidence of payment of rent. … The Respondent did not challenge the rent payments made by the Applicant. The decision of the tribunal. The tribunal found that the maximum RRO it could award is 12 x £850 = £10,200. The reasons for the decision of the tribunal. The tribunal considered that all of the rent paid was paid to the Respondent. For the period up to March 2024 it was paid to the lead tenant as agent for the Respondent who then paid it to the Respondent. During the period that the Applicant was lead tenant, it was then paid directly by the Applicant to the Respondent. Other arguments concerning the amount of the RRO to be awarded. …
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