4 Florin Court, 8 Dock Street, London E1 8JR
LON/00BG/HMF/2023/0008 · Tower Hamlets · decided 30 Aug 2023 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Company |
| Applicants | 1 tenant |
| Rent | £1,200 per month |
| Period the order relates to | 29 Oct 2021 to 10 Apr 2022 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | not stated as one figure (or not yet checked); £160 then deducted for utilities |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £2,860 (1 applicant) |
| Share of the maximum | 45%, as the tribunal stated it |
| 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; the maximum is left out of the statistics until it has been checked.
From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
cover the Applicant’s final month. … In these circumstances, we do not consider that we should determine the issue as to whether the deposit was retained as rent due or not. To do so would be to potentially partially pre-empt the proceedings in the County Court, which will in any event be in a much better position to come to conclusions, and might even give rise to a risk of double jeopardy for the Respondent. We accordingly decline to do so. It is not, therefore, necessary for us to come to a conclusion as to what the content of the agreement about the last month was, or, indeed, if there was in fact an agreement, rather than a misunderstanding between the parties. … We accept the Respondent’s figures. … While it would have been better if we had been provided with bills to authenticate the sums provided, we see no reason to disbelieve them. … Adding the figures for energy (gas and electricity) and internet access, and dividing the total by three, we arrive at a total figure of £160 which falls to be subtracted from the total, to give a modified total possible RRO of £6,352. … In assessing the seriousness starting point under stage (c), there are two axes of seriousness. The first is the seriousness of the offence, compared to the other offences specified in section 41 of the 2004 Act. …
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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