Outbuilding at the rear of 4 Brookhill Road, SE18 6UF
LON/00AL/HMB/2019/0004 · Greenwich · decided 24 Jan 2020 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Violence for securing entry; also illegal eviction, harassment |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 1 tenant |
| Rent | £750 per month |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | not stated as one figure (or not yet checked) |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £6,000 (1 applicant) |
| Share of the maximum | not stated |
| Rules | Old rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent. |
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From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
applicant to the respondent. The applicant was claiming the full year (12x£750=£900) while the respondent admitted under questioning by the Tribunal that he had received £6000 being net of payments made to reduce arrears which he placed at £3000. Accordingly, the Tribunal accepted that the rental monies at issue were not less than £6000 and not more than £9000. … Amongst other factors the tribunal should be mindful of the length of time that an offence was being committed and the culpability of the landlord is relevant; a professional landlord is expected to know better. From the evidence before it provided by the applicants the Tribunal took the view that the respondent was a professional landlord. Indeed, the respondent himself confirmed in reply to an enquiry from the Tribunal that the respondent owned six properties and that they were let to residential tenants. … There is no presumption of a starting point of a 100% refund being made. … The Applicant and his family had been on the wrong end of some regrettable behaviour by the respondent. The breaking of the door, the removal of items from the shed to make it uninhabitable and being excluded from his tenancy were all factors to be taken into consideration when coming to a rent repayment order. The respondents conduct had caused major problems for the tenant and his family. …
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