Ground Floor and Basement, 33, Betterton Street, London WC2H 9BQ
LON/00AG/HMG/2023/0004 · Camden · decided 15 May 2024 · rent repayment order
old rulesDismissed: the tribunal did not make a rent repayment order in this decision. See the original for its reasons.
| Offence | Unlicensed HMO; also harassment |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Company: Betterton Duplex Ltd |
| Applicants | 3 tenants |
| Rent | not stated as one figure |
| Period the order relates to | 22 Jul 2022 to 21 Jan 2023 |
| Rules | Old rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent. |
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From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
default and the time when that objectively reasonable excuse ceased. In doing so, it should take into account the experience and other relevant attributes of the taxpayer and the situation in which the taxpayer found himself at the relevant time or times. It might assist the FTT, in this context, to ask itself the question “was what the taxpayer did (or omitted to do or believed) objectively reasonable for this taxpayer in those circumstances?” 51. The Tribunal accepted that the Respondent was unaware of the lack of any relationship between the Applicants. However, it was not satisfied that during the period in question that ignorance was objectively reasonable. In reaching that conclusion it bore in mind the following. … Firstly, the Respondent is a limited company whose declared objects are the development of building projects. This was also not the first time the property had been let. … He states in an e- mail of 2 October 2022 that he practised as a barrister for 10 years (page A99). … These make express reference to the property not being an HMO, to the 2004 Act and to the existence of licences under that Act. This is not a case of a landlord who is completely ignorant of any regulatory control of renting or unaware of how to obtain advice if needed. …
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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