Flat 5,13-15 Netherwood Road, London W14 0BL
LON/00AN/HMF/2025/0615 · Hammersmith and Fulham · decided 31 Dec 2025 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 3 tenants |
| Rent | not stated as one figure |
| Period the order relates to | 7 Feb 2024 to 26 May 2024 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | £6,981 |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £133.33 per applicant on average; £400 in total for 3 applicants |
| Share of the maximum | 6%, from the two figures above |
| Tribunal fees to be reimbursed | £337 |
| 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?’”. … In this case, even taking into account the personal circumstances of the Respondent, we do not think waiting for over a year before further pursing the option of a TEN, mentioned in the phone conversation in October 2023, can be considered objectively reasonable. This is in the context that, on the Respondent’s own account, she had been told she should apply for a TEN, not that she did not need to do anything, in October 2023. … We accordingly find that beyond a reasonable doubt the Respondent was committing the criminal offence alleged during the relevant period. … We do not consider that the circumstances are such as to require that we exercise our residual discretion not to make an RRO. The amount of the RRO 76. …
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