Flat 4 Timor House, Duckett Street, London E1 4SP
LON/00BG/HMB/2021/0015 · Tower Hamlets · decided 3 Jul 2023 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO; also illegal eviction, harassment |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Company: City Move Properties Limited |
| Applicants | 1 tenant |
| Rent | £607 per month |
| Period the order relates to | 8 Sep 2021 to 31 Jan 2022 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | £2,868; £196.69 then deducted for utilities |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £2,404.18 (1 applicant) |
| Share of the maximum | 90%, 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
by a tenant ...”, and section 56 states that “tenancy” for the purposes of the part of the 2016 Act dEaling with rent repayment orders “… includes a licence …”. Therefore, even if this had been a genuine licence the tribunal would still have the power to make a rent repayment order. … We turn now more directly to the question of whether the Respondent is a “landlord” for the purposes of section 43(1) of the 2016 Act. … The Upper Tribunal in that case held that a person or company with no proprietary interest in land can grant a tenancy of that land and can be a landlord. … The local authority which owned the block of flats would have been acting ultra vires if it had granted the trust a tenancy. The licence agreement also prohibited the trust from granting tenancies. … The question was whether that agreement created a tenancy. … However, it is clear is that the Respondent has granted the Applicant a right to occupy under what is described as a licence but which we are satisfied is in fact a tenancy for the reasons already given above. In addition, the Respondent has not made any submissions on the question of whether it was entitled to grant that tenancy or on the question of whether it has an interest in land or on the question of whether a rent repayment order can properly be made against the Respondent. …
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