44 Dorset Waye, Hounslow, TW5 0ND
LON/00AT/HMF/2025/0707 · Hounslow · decided 17 Nov 2025 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO; also harassment |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 2 tenants |
| Rent | £850 per month |
| Period the order relates to | 27 Sep 2023 to 23 May 2024 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | not stated as one figure (or not yet checked); £606.40 then deducted for utilities |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £2,996.70 per applicant on average; £5,993.40 in total for 2 applicants |
| Share of the maximum | 75%, as the tribunal stated it |
| Tribunal fees to be reimbursed | £330 |
| Rules | Old rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent. |
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From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
for the 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. … The Tribunal then dealt with a particular point which is regularly encountered in HMO licensing cases and which therefore merits attention: “82. One situation that can sometimes cause difficulties is when the taxpayer’s asserted reasonable excuse is purely that he/she did not know of the particular requirement that has been shown to have been breached. It is a much-cited aphorism that “ignorance of the law is no excuse”, and on occasion this has been given as a reason why the defence of reasonable excuse cannot be available in such circumstances. We see no basis for this argument. Some requirements of the law are well-known, simple and straightforward but others are much less so. … Section 1 of the 1977 provides: (2) If any person unlawfully deprives the residential occupier of any premises of his occupation of the premises or any part thereof, or attempts to do so, he shall be guilty of an offence unless he proves that he believed, and had reasonable cause to believe, that the residential occupier had ceased to reside in the premises. …
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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