1 Auriol Mansions, Edith Road, London W14 0ST
LON/00AN/HMF/2022/0143 · Hammersmith and Fulham · decided 2 Mar 2023 · 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 |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Company: Love (UK) Limited |
| Applicants | 1 tenant |
| Rent | not stated as one figure |
| Period the order relates to | 10 Jul 2021 to 3 May 2022 |
| Rules | Old rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent. |
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From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
him. However, this Tribunal has no jurisdiction to entertain this claim. Section 214 gives authority to make such order to the County Court. It does not appear that the tenant’s application does in fact make a claim to this Tribunal, so we do not need to deal with it further. … The tenant’s application was issued on 25th June 2022. Directions were given by the Tribunal on 8th August 2022. These were amended on 10th October 2022. The tenant has complied with the directions; the landlord has not. Indeed the landlord has taken no part in the application. … The Tribunal heard the matter as an in-person case at 10 Alfred Place. The tenant was represented by his mother. The landlord did not appear. The law. … Under section 41 a tenant can apply for a rent repayment order in respect of housing let to him in breach of, inter alia, section 72(1). By section 43(1) this Tribunal may only make a rent repayment order if it is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that a landlord has committed a relevant offence, here under section 72(1). … Because cases have to be proved to the criminal standard of proof, the burden is on the tenant to establish that an offence has been committed. The landlord has the right to silence. There is no provision for judgment by default. …
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.
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