10 New Street, Platt Bridge, Wigan WN2 5JB
MAN/00BW/HMF/2023/0026 · Wigan · decided 4 Apr 2024 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 1 tenant |
| Rent | not stated as one figure |
| Period the order relates to | ? to 21 Jul 2023 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | not stated as one figure (or not yet checked); £140 then deducted for utilities |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £250 (1 applicant) |
| Share of the maximum | not stated |
| Rules | Old rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent. |
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From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
What was disputed was whether £320 of the payments made at the outset should regarded as a deposit or if it had been subsequently agreed to be a part payment of rent. (It was noted that the total payments made including the said £320 added up to £3840). It was also noted and agreed between the parties that the only payment after 25 April 2023 was that of £640 made on 13 June 2023. … He confirmed that immediately before that holiday the two children had been at school in another country. He did not wish to say where the children had then been residing, citing child safety issues where he was receiving assistance from a government agency. … He said that they slept in the double bed, and that he slept on a separate single bed. He took them to school by car. … Reference was made to the exhibited correspondence and emails with the Council and the conclusions to be drawn from them. … After a short break for lunch, the hearing continued and particularly concentrated on those issues during the tenancy which had been highlighted in the papers. … He said that he had not visited the address stated on their email. … The Judge commented that for a solicitor to make unsolicited telephone calls to an unrepresented third-party on the other side with a view to pursuing a claim, would be unethical, a clear breach of professional practice rules, and could properly be regarded as harassment. …
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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