Flat 2, 282 Camberwell New Road, London SE5 0RP
LON/00AY/HMK/2019/0059 · Southwark · decided 19 Dec 2019 · rent repayment order
old rulesDismissed: the tribunal did not make a rent repayment order in this decision. See the original for its reasons.
| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Company and individuals: Visionary Properties Ltd |
| Applicants | 5 tenants |
| Rent | not stated as one figure |
| Period the order relates to | 1 Jan 2018 to 1 Jan 2019 |
| Rules | Old 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
we to be satisfied that an offence had been committed. … (v) The relevant tenancy commenced on 26 October 2017. On 25 September 2018, the tenants vacated the flat. (vi) The offence on which the Applicants sought to rely was one under section 72(1) of the Housing Act 2004 (“the 2004 Act”), namely the control or management of an unlicensed HMO. … The Tribunal was not willing to permit the Applicants to backdate their claim to 26 October 2017. No explanation was provided as to why the Applicants had initially sought a RRO for a period of three months after the tenants had vacated the flat. Indeed, the Applicants had filed evidence purporting to show that they had made rent payments after they had vacated (see p.33-34). … Further, no evidence had been adduced of any payments prior to 29 January 2018. The Tribunal was satisfied that the period over which the RRO was sought should have been specified accurately in the application form. … The Tribunal was not willing to permit this. The requirement for witness statements was clearly identified in the Directions. These are quasi-criminal proceedings where an offence must be proved to the criminal standard of proof. A Respondent is entitled to know the case that he has to answer. … The Tribunal has therefore had no regard to the material filed by the Respondent. …
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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