Flat E, 30 Porchester Square, London, W2 6AN
LON/00BK/HMF/2020/0132 · Westminster · decided 29 Mar 2022 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Company |
| Applicants | 7 tenants |
| Rent | not stated as one figure |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | not stated as one figure (or not yet checked) |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £5,244.86 per applicant on average; £36,714 in total for 7 applicants |
| Share of the maximum | 85%, as the tribunal stated it |
| Tribunal fees to be reimbursed | £300 |
| 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; the maximum is left out of the statistics until it has been checked.
From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
No witness statement had been served. … While he accepted that it did not formally constitute a conviction, and so section 44(4)(c) did not strictly apply, we should take into account the finding of the Tribunal in the 21a Lydford Road case referred to above. … In this case, the lack of engagement was more serious still, as there had not been even that late attendance. … As to the First Respondent, there is no evidence of poor maintenance, overcrowding or unsafe conditions, as is often the case in RRO applications. … The most important is the persistence in committing the offence, following the previous Tribunal case. … The reference to conduct in section 44(4) is, we consider, broad enough to include the conduct of a landlord party before the Tribunal. But even if “conduct” in section 44(4) is to be more narrowly construed than that, the effect of that subsection is to make it mandatory for the Tribunal to consider those matters. It does not exclude us taking other factors into account, and amongst those may be a broader range of conduct, including before the Tribunal. … Nonetheless, it demonstrates an ongoing pattern of non-compliance by the First Respondent. … We conclude that the just and reasonable approach to the RRO is to award each Applicant 85% of the maximum award possible.
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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