23 Lydford House, Royal College Street, London. NW1 0SA
LON/00AG/HMF/2020/0237 · Camden · decided 12 Jul 2021 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 3 tenants |
| Rent | £2,340 per month |
| Period the order relates to | 7 Sep 2019 to 6 Sep 2020 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | £28,080 |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £9,360 per applicant on average; £28,080 in total for 3 applicants |
| 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. |
Read from the PDF automatically. Amounts are totals for the decision, across all its applicants.
From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
The applicants ask the tribunal to award them the maximum RRO. They say that the respondent was an experienced landlord, that the additional licensing scheme has been running in Camden for some years, that the property was poorly managed and that there were serious health and safety failings in the property. They say that the respondent has substantial assets. The decision of the tribunal. The tribunal determines to make a RRO of 100% of the amount claimed i.e. £28,080. The reasons for the decision of the tribunal. The tribunal takes as its starting point that 100% of the rent paid is repayable under a RRO. It also notes that the Upper Tribunal has indicated that it should exercise its discretion with care particularly when only one offence has been committed under the Act. … The respondent has only committed one offence – a failure to licence the property. The tribunal has therefore taken great care exercising its discretion and considering whether a lesser penalty is appropriate. In this case it has decided that there is no reason to reduce the level of the penalty from 100%. … Its starting point is the general context and importance of licensing. In setting the level of penalty the tribunal has taken into account the length of the failure to licence. Additional licensing has been a feature of Camden’s private rented strategy since 2015. …
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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