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LON/00BE/HMG/2025/0633 · Southwark · decided 6 Mar 2026 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed house (selective licensing) |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 2 tenants |
| Rent | not stated as one figure |
| Period the order relates to | 1 Nov 2023 to 14 May 2024 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | £16,500 |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £4,950 per applicant on average; £9,900 in total for 2 applicants |
| Share of the maximum | 60%, as the tribunal stated it |
| Tribunal fees to be reimbursed | £341 |
| Rules | Old rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent. |
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From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
repaid. Based on the above findings, we have the power to make a rent repayment order against the Respondent. … The amount of rent to be ordered to be repaid is governed by section 44 of the 2016 Act. Under sub-section 44(2), the amount must relate to rent paid by the tenants in respect of a period, not exceeding 12 months, during which the landlord was committing the offence. Under sub- section 44(3), the amount that the landlord may be required to repay in respect of a period must not exceed the rent paid in respect of that period less any relevant award of housing benefit or universal credit paid in respect of rent under the tenancy during that period. … During the period in issue, the Applicants paid rent in the sum of £2,750 per month, totalling £16,500 for the period in issue. … We are satisfied on the basis of the evidence that the Applicants were in occupation of the Property for the whole of the period to which this rent repayment application relates and that the Property required a licence for the whole of that period. Therefore, the maximum sum that can be awarded by way of rent repayment is the sum of £16,500, this being the amount paid by the Applicants by way of rent in respect of the period of claim. …
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