127 Vassall Road, London SW9 6NJ
LON/00AY/HMF/2024/0130 · Lambeth · decided 22 Jan 2025 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Company |
| Applicants | 4 tenants |
| Rent | not stated as one figure |
| Period the order relates to | 31 Mar 2022 to 29 Mar 2023 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | £34,504.53 |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £5,607.50 per applicant on average; £22,430 in total for 4 applicants |
| Share of the maximum | 65%, 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
temptation to classify or caricature a landlord as “professional” or “amateur” should be resisted, particularly if that classification is taken to be a threshold to an entirely different level of penalty. … The penalty appropriate to a particular offence must take account of all of the relevant circumstances.” 35. … In the light of our findings of fact above, we assess the stage (c) starting point at 65% of the total rent. … At stage (d), we must consider what effect the matters set out in section 44(4) have on our conclusions so far. Section 44(4) provides that in determining the amount of an RRO, within the maximum, the Tribunal should have particular regard to the conduct of both parties, and to the financial circumstances of the landlord. We must have particular regard to these matters, but we may also have regard to such us matters as we consider relevant in the circumstances. … Insofar as we have already made findings as to the smoke alarm in the hall and fire safety more generally, we do not double count them in considering the section 44(4) matters. … The Respondent did not claim that its financial circumstances were relevant to our determination, and there was nothing in its evidence or the facts more generally to alert us to the possibility. … We therefore conclude that there is nothing at stage (d) to alter the dial we have set at 65% at stage (c). …
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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