Flat 2 Speakman House, Gibraltar Walk, London, E2 7EW
LON/00BG/HMG/2024/0032 · Tower Hamlets · decided 6 Mar 2025 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed house (selective licensing) |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Company and individuals: Kenneth Lloyds Limited |
| Applicants | 1 tenant |
| Rent | not stated as one figure |
| Period the order relates to | 3 Jul 2022 to 30 May 2023 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | £6,345; £3,300 then deducted for utilities |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £4,124 (1 applicant) |
| Share of the maximum | 65%, as the tribunal stated it |
| Tribunal fees to be reimbursed | £330 |
| 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 table which follows s.40(3) includes an offence under s95(1) of the 2004 Act. … (2) A tenant may apply for a rent repayment order only if — (a)the offence relates to housing that, at the time of the offence, was let to the tenant, and (b)the offence was committed in the period of 12 months ending with the day on which the application is made. … (2) A rent repayment order under this section may be made only on an application under section 41. (3) The amount of a rent repayment order under this section is to be determined in accordance with— (a)section 44 (where the application is made by a tenant); 15. … At paragraph 81 it said this: "81. When considering a "reasonable excuse" defence, therefore, in our view the FTT can usefully approach matters in the following way Third, decide whether, viewed objectively, those proven facts do indeed amount to an objectively reasonable excuse for 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?" 49. …
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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