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LON/00BG/HMK/2019/0071 · Tower Hamlets · decided 20 Oct 2020 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Company and individuals |
| Applicants | 6 tenants |
| Rent | not stated as one figure |
| Period the order relates to | 6 Oct 2018 to 31 Jul 2019 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | not stated as one figure (or not yet checked); £3,041.07 then deducted for utilities |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £3,703.09 per applicant on average; £22,218.53 in total for 6 applicants |
| Share of the maximum | not stated |
| 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
received by the First Respondent is more than two-thirds of the rent received by the Second Respondent. Accordingly, the First Respondent is also a “person in control” for the purposes of section 263(1). … By Section 263 (3) of the 2004 Act a person is “a person managing” in relation to premises if they are an owner or lessee of the premises and receive (directly or through an agent or trustee) rents from persons who are in occupation of a house in multiple occupation as tenants or licensees of parts of the premises. … The First Respondent owns the premises. It is her submission that she received rent from the Second Respondent, whereas it is the Second Respondent’s submission that the First Respondent received the rent from the occupants of the house, through the agency of the Second Respondent. … The Second Respondent was the lessee of the First Respondent under an Agreement of 3 August 2015 expressed to be for a term of three years to 6 August 2018. There was no suggestion that a further agreement had been completed but the relationship of landlord and tenant had clearly continued after August 2018. The Second Respondent referred to the provisions of that agreement as evidence of its relationship with the First Respondent after the expiry of the contractual term. …
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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