1C Fairlawn Avenue, Ealing W4 5EF
LON/00AJ/HMF/2025/0816 · Ealing · decided 10 Aug 2026 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 3 tenants |
| Rent | £3,000 per month |
| Period the order relates to | 6 Nov 2023 to 29 Jun 2024 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | £23,300 |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £5,825 per applicant on average; £17,475 in total for 3 applicants |
| Share of the maximum | 75%, 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
paid by a tenant’. (ii) It is trite that a tenancy agreement is not required for relations of landlord and tenant to be established. … Under s56, “tenancy” includes a licence for less than a term of 21 years. The Applicants are plainly, if not tenants, permitted occupiers, i.e. licensees. The First Respondent herself refers to them as occupants . (iv) For completeness, s262 of the 2004 Act provides that the definition of HMO at s254, which refers to “occupation”, includes licensees. … They therefore argue that it is beyond reasonable doubt that the offence has been committed. The decision of the tribunal. The tribunal determines that the Respondent has committed the alleged offence. The reasons for the decision of the tribunal. The tribunal relies on the evidence from the Applicants and the information provided by the local authority to determine that the property was in an area of additional licensing and that it was not licensed. … It also determines that the property required licensing. It accepts the evidence of the Applicants that the property was let to all three of them. … All three Applicants gave credible evidence of the letting arrangements and that each was in full communication with the Respondent.
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The original
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