139 Marlborough Hill Harrow Middlesex HA1 1UG
LON/00AQ/HMF/2021/0046 · Harrow · decided 26 Jul 2021 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 1 tenant |
| Rent | not stated as one figure |
| Period the order relates to | 13 Sep 2019 to 20 Apr 2020 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | £4,069.33 |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £4,069.33 (1 applicant) |
| Share of the maximum | 100%, as the tribunal stated it |
| Tribunal fees to be reimbursed | £300 |
| Rules | Old rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent. |
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From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
amount of rent paid by the applicant during the period of occupancy as set out within the trial bundle where the rents actually paid were fully stated in a spreadsheet format. The amount was in dispute between the parties as to whether the final 20 or 19 days should form part of the rental apportionment. The Tribunal considered this point but accepted that factually the period was 20 days and apportioned the rent accordingly. However, the Tribunal calculated this to be £4069.33 a few pence less than the applicant’s calculation. This sum represents the maximum sum, (£100%), that might form the amount of rent repayment order. … 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 not a professional landlord as it had no evidence to say otherwise. … The circumstances in which the offence was committed are always likely to be material. A deliberate flouting of the requirement to register will obviously merit a larger RRO than instances of inadvertence – although all HMO landlords ought to know the law. …
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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