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LON/00BH/HMK/2020/0020 · Waltham Forest · decided 15 Mar 2021 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed house (selective licensing); also illegal eviction |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 1 tenant |
| Rent | £600 per month |
| Period the order relates to | 25 Jun 2018 to 25 Jun 2019 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | not stated as one figure (or not yet checked); £1,259 then deducted for utilities |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £4,500 (1 applicant) |
| Share of the maximum | 60%, 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
In this case the tribunal accepts the concession made on behalf of the applicant that the figure should be the average of £1259, for a room of this size occupied for this duration. This would leave a balance £5941. The tribunal is entitled under the Housing Act, to take into account the financial circumstances of the Respondents, any relevant conduct, and whether there has been any history of previous similar offences. … It is true there was no documentary evidence in this respect, but the Respondents came across to the tribunal as candid and genuine witnesses who had never really sought to deny the main features of the Applicant’s case. Nor were they professional landlords who were seeking in any way to exploit this Applicant. They had committed no similar offences, and there was no evidence that they owned other properties. These matters are all taken into account by the Tribunal. … DEaling with all of the Respondents, the Tribunal take into account under section 44(4) their financial circumstances as above, the fact that they have no history of any previous offence of this kind. In addition, it seems to the Tribunal, on questions of conduct that this is not a case of a wilful flouting of the licencing provisions, so much as an unwitting creation of a legal scenario upon which they should have taken advice, but failed to do so. …
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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