12B Long Lane, Finchley, London N3 2PT
LON/00AC/HMF/2025/0883 · Barnet · decided 30 Jun 2026 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Company and individuals |
| Applicants | 2 tenants |
| Rent | £890 per month |
| Period the order relates to | 3 May 2024 to 2 May 2025 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | not stated as one figure (or not yet checked); £596.70 then deducted for utilities |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £3,024.99 per applicant on average; £6,049.98 in total for 2 applicants |
| Share of the maximum | 60%, as the tribunal stated it |
| Tribunal fees to be reimbursed | £341 |
| Rules | Old rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent. |
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From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
charge element might be but, relying on its own knowledge and experience, and taking into account the detailed utility bill provided in relation to the Second Respondent’s own home, the Tribunal decided to deduct 10% to take account of the standing charge. This means that the estimated cost of the consumption of gas and electricity during the Applicant’s time at the property was £2,386.80. … The Applicant was one out of 4 tenants to generate that consumption. The Second Respondent suggested in his witness statement that the Applicant’s consumption may have been raised by his use of an electric fire in his room but this was not put to him in cross-examination and is not balanced by details of any other tenant’s consumption. In the Tribunal’s opinion, only one-quarter of the bill is relevant to the Applicant. This produces a total deduction of £596.70, reducing the maximum amount that could be awarded to £10,083.30. … The conclusion was that licensing offences were generally lesser than the use of violence for securing entry or eviction or harassment, although circumstances may vary significantly in individual cases. … It is important to understand why a failure to licence is serious, even if it may be thought lower in a hierarchy of some criminal offences. … These comments are based on old data but are just as apposite today as they ever were. …
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