182 Purves Road, Brent, London NW10 5TG
LON/00AE/HMK/2020/0011 · Brent · decided 26 Jan 2021 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 1 tenant |
| Rent | not stated as one figure |
| Period the order relates to | 1 Apr 2019 to 31 Mar 2020 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | £7,950 |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £7,950 (1 applicant) |
| Share of the maximum | 100%, as the tribunal stated it |
| Tribunal fees to be reimbursed | £300 |
| Rules | Old rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent. |
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From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
The Tribunal must therefore consider the conduct of the parties and the financial circumstances of the respondent. Express matter (c) was not considered as no such convictions apply so far as this respondent is concerned. … That means that there is nothing to detract from the obvious starting point, which is the rent itself for the relevant period of up to twelve months. Indeed, there is no other available starting point, which is unsurprising; this is a rent repayment order so we start with the rent. … But under the current statutory provisions the restriction of a rent repayment order to the landlord’s profit is impossible to justify. The rent repayment order is no longer tempered by a requirement of reasonableness; and it is not possible to find in the current statute any support for limiting the rent repayment order to the landlord’s profits. That principle should no longer be applied. … The provisions of the 2016 Act are rather more hard-edged than those of the 2004 Act. … The landlord has to repay the rent, subject to considerations of conduct and his financial circumstances. … But there is no justification for deducting other expenditure. The appellant incurred costs for his own benefit, in order to get a rental income from the property; most were incurred in performance of the appellant’s own obligations as landlord. …
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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