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Room 2, 234 Gipsy Road, London SE27 9RB

LON/00AY/HMG/2021/0012 · Lambeth · decided 27 May 2022 · rent repayment order

old rules
OffenceUnlicensed HMO
LandlordIndividual
Applicants2 tenants
Rent£750 per month
Period the order relates to23 Oct 2019 to 22 Oct 2020
Maximum the tribunal could award£5,720.75
Amount the tribunal ordered£715.10 per applicant on average; £1,430.19 in total for 2 applicants
Share of the maximum25%, as the tribunal stated it
Tribunal fees to be reimbursed£300
RulesOld rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent.

Read from the PDF automatically. Amounts are totals for the decision, across all its applicants.

From the tribunal's reasons on the amount

The table referred to in s.44(2) specifies that in the case of an offence of controlling or managing an unlicensed HMO, the amount “must relate to rent paid by the tenant in respect of … a period, not exceeding 12 months, during which the landlord was committing the offence”. … (2) Condition 1 is that the order – (a) is made against a landlord who has been convicted of the offence, or (b) is made against a landlord who has received a financial penalty in respect of the offence and is made at a time when there is no prospect of

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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