161 Waller Road, London, SE14 5LX
LON/00AZ/HMF/2023/0123 · Lewisham · decided 25 Mar 2024 · 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 | Individual |
| Applicants | 3 tenants |
| Rent | £3,125 per month |
| Period the order relates to | 5 Apr 2022 to 6 Nov 2022 |
| 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
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. It might assist the FTT, in this context, to ask itself the question "was what the taxpayer did (or omitted to do or believed) objectively reasonable for this taxpayer in those circumstances?" 39. … At stage three, we should be satisfied that, viewed objectively, these amounted to a reasonable excuse. … It had been operated as an HMO since 2017. … The obligations set out, as that rubric indicates, obligations of the client. They include terms requiring adherence to a number of specified regulatory obligations. … Our conclusions in respect of the criminal offence are as follows. … First, it is absolutely clear that there can be no reasonable excuse after the Respondent became aware of the additional scheme. … In his favour, we accept that the point is legally arguable either way, and so the contrary interpretation is clearly a reasonable one for a lay person to accept. … On his side of the argument, we accept that they eventually did do so, albeit very late, on 7 September 2022. … The management of the house was something he undertook himself. …
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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