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MAN/00BY/HMF/2022/0003 · Liverpool · decided 25 Jan 2024 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Company: Trophy Homes Limited |
| Applicants | 9 tenants |
| Rent | £424.67 per month |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | not stated as one figure (or not yet checked) |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £3,941.01 per applicant on average; £35,469.10 in total for 9 applicants |
| Share of the maximum | 100%, as the tribunal stated it |
| Tribunal fees to be reimbursed | £1,100 |
| Rules | Old rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent. |
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From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
reserved for the most serious offences justifying the most exemplary sanction. … Circumstances may exist where such an order may be appropriate (for repeat offending, for example) but they will be the exception, not the rule.” 8. … She set out the following procedure for assessment of a rent repayment order: “ a. Ascertain the whole of the rent for the relevant period; b. Subtract any element of that sum that represents payment for utilities that only benefited the tenant, for example gas, electricity and internet access…. c. Consider how serious this offence was, both compared to other types of offence in respect of which a rent repayment order may be made (and whose relative seriousness can be seen from the relevant maximum sentences on conviction) and compared to other examples of the same type of offence. What proportion of the rent (after deduction as above) is a fair reflection of the seriousness of this offence? That figure is then the starting point (in the sense that that term is used in criminal sentencing); it is the default penalty in the absence of any other factors but it may be higher or lower in light of the final step: d. … The Applicants applied for an RRO pursuant to section 41 of the 2016 Act in the full amount each of them had paid the Respondent. …
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