28 Lennox Road, London, N4 3JQ
LON/00AU/HMJ/2025/0002 · Islington · decided 26 Nov 2025 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed house (selective licensing) |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 2 tenants |
| Rent | £1,450 per month |
| Period the order relates to | 1 Apr 2023 to 31 Mar 2024 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | £17,400 |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £1,740 per applicant on average; £3,480 in total for 2 applicants |
| Share of the maximum | 20%, from the two figures above |
| Rules | Old rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent. |
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From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
than starting from an assumption that the full rent should be repaid unless there is some good reason to order repayment of a lesser sum. At para 41 the Upper Tribunal said: “The circumstances and seriousness of the offending conduct of the landlord are comprised in the ‘conduct of the landlord’, so the FTT may, in an appropriate case, order a lower than maximum amount of rent repayment, if what a landlord did or failed to do in committing the offence is relatively low in the scale of seriousness, by reason of mitigating circumstances or otherwise.” 25. … In general a failure to licence a single-occupancy house as required under a selective licensing scheme is less serious than a failure to licence an HMO. … Ultimately they purchased the Property for a very good price. … As to (b), the accommodation, we find, was in reasonable condition for the price, rather than being of “extremely good quality”. As to (e), there is no evidence that the price was anything other than a proper market price. We have dealt at length with the access issues above. Apart from these aspects, we agree with these points. …
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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