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Flat 5, 56 Christchurch Avenue, London, NW6 7BH

LON/00AE/HMF/2025/0616 · Brent · decided 24 Jun 2025 · rent repayment order

old rules

Dismissed: the tribunal did not make a rent repayment order in this decision. See the original for its reasons.

OffenceUnlicensed house (selective licensing)
LandlordIndividual
Applicants1 tenant
Rent£1,702.75 per month
Period the order relates to1 Apr 2024 to 30 Oct 2024
RulesOld rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent.

Read from the PDF automatically. Amounts are totals for the decision, across all its applicants.

From the tribunal's reasons on the amount

(2) The amount must relate to rent paid during the [period of twelve months leading up to the date of the offence]. (3) The amount that the landlord may be required to repay in respect of a period must not exceed— (a) the rent paid in respect of that period, less (b) any relevant award of universal credit paid (to any person) in respect of rent under the tenancy during that period. … We note that it is not obligatory to make a rent repayment order when an offence has been committed. In deciding whether or not to make a rent repayment order, the considerations set out in section 44(4) are relevant. … Where the landlord has been convicted of one of five different housing offences or has been the subject of a financial penalty other than on conviction (i.e. under section 249A, 2004 Act) the FTT is required by section 46(1) to order repayment of the maximum amount permitted by section 44. Parliament appears to have taken the view that (in the absence of exceptional circumstances) the fact that one of these five offences has already resulted in a conviction or a civil financial penalty justifies the additional imposition of the maximum possible rent repayment order. But section 46(3)(a), 2016 Act excludes licensing offences from the five housing offences for which this maximum penalty is mandated. …

An extract from the part of the decision that sets the amount. To keep people's names out, any sentence that might contain one is left out (marked …). The full reasons are in the original decision.

The original

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Past decisions are not a prediction. The tribunal decides each case on its facts, including the landlord's and tenant's conduct.

The rules are explained by Shelter and on GOV.UK.