1 Palatine Avenue, Withington, Manchester M20 3DP & /0039 - 0040 & /0043
MAN/00BN/HMF/2024/0037 · Manchester · decided 1 Dec 2025 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 4 tenants |
| Rent | not stated as one figure |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | not stated as one figure (or not yet checked); £1,875 then deducted for utilities |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £3,434.86 per applicant on average; £13,739.44 in total for 4 applicants |
| Share of the maximum | not stated |
| Tribunal fees to be reimbursed | £667 |
| 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
A tribunal must have particular regard to the conduct of both parties (which includes the seriousness of the offence committed), the financial circumstances of the landlord and whether the landlord has at any time been convicted of a relevant offence. The tribunal should also take into account any other factors that appear to be relevant.” 31. … It is beyond question that the seriousness of the offence is a relevant factor – as one would expect from the express statutory provision that the conduct of the landlord is to be taken into consideration. If the tribunal takes as a starting point the proposition that the order will be for the maximum amount unless the section 44(4) factors indicate that a deduction can be made, the FTT will be unable to adjust for the seriousness of the offence (because the commission of an offence is bad conduct and cannot justify a deduction). It will in effect have fettered its discretion. Instead the FTT must look at the conduct of the parties, good and bad, very bad and less bad, and arrive at an order for repayment of an appropriate proportion of the rent.” 32. She then said that the following approach will ensure consistency with previous legal authorities: “a. Ascertain the whole of the rent for the relevant period; b. …
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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Past decisions are not a prediction. The tribunal decides each case on its facts, including the landlord's and tenant's conduct.