Flat 108, Discovery Dock Apartments West, 2 South Quay Square, London E14 9LT
LON/00BG/HMF/2023/0044 · Tower Hamlets · decided 20 Sep 2023 · rent repayment order
old rulesOut of time or no jurisdiction: 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 | not stated as one figure |
| Period the order relates to | 18 Jun 2022 to 26 Aug 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
substantially in dispute. The Respondent’s position was that the amount of rent paid was £10,521.95 because the respondent had allowed the applicants to retain £1000 owing to a contractor’s attendance. … 44, the Tribunal must consider what proportion of the rent is a fair reflection of the offence. … The default is technical in nature. The Respondent’s residence abroad is a mitigating factor. The alleged disrepairs relate to trivial matters. These were quickly fixed within a week of notice, except for the dishwasher and lightbulbs. Findings. … Those directions warn parties of the potential sanctions for non-compliance, but no barring or unless order had been made against the respondent. Certainly, it remained open for the Tribunal to refuse to admit the bundle into evidence as it was served late in breach of directions, but for the reasons given above the Tribunal declined to take that course and to waive the breach. … The Tribunal has no jurisdiction to address matters relating to the return of the deposit. … The Tribunal found that the conditions under section 254(2)(a)(b)(d) and (e) were proved beyond reasonable doubt. However, the Tribunal raised the matter of evidence required to prove that each of the applicants was living in the property as their only or main residence under section 254(2)(c). …
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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