22 Fircroft Road, London, SW17 7PS
LON/00BJ/HMF/2020/0235 · Wandsworth · decided 2 Aug 2021 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 1 tenant |
| Rent | £585 per month |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | £7,020 |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £7,020 (1 applicant) |
| Share of the maximum | 100%, 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
amount of rent paid by the applicants during the periods of occupancy as set out within the trial bundle where the rents actually paid were fully stated in a spreadsheet format. The amount is are set out in this decision at paragraph (2) above. These sums represent the maximum sum, (100%), that might form the amount of a rent repayment order being twelve months at £135 per week. This was the amount expressed to be payable in the agreement entered into by the parties and dated 4 June 2018. … Amongst other factors the tribunal should be mindful of the length of time that an offence was being committed and the culpability of the landlord is relevant; a professional landlord is expected to know better. From the evidence before it provided by the applicants the Tribunal took the view from evidence discussed below that the respondent was a professional landlord. … The Respondent was convicted after trial (after entering a ‘not guilty’ plea), and fined £1,858.00 (as well as ordered to pay a victim surcharge and costs)”. … The circumstances in which the offence was committed are always likely to be material. A deliberate flouting of the requirement to register will obviously merit a larger RRO than instances of inadvertence – although all HMO landlords ought to know the law. …
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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