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2 St Brides Road, Wallasey, Wirral, CH44 8BN

MAN/00CB/HMG/2019/0008 · Wirral · decided 3 Sep 2019 · rent repayment order

old rules
OffenceUnlicensed house (selective licensing)
LandlordIndividual
Applicants2 tenants
Rent£600 per month
Period the order relates to30 Jun 2018 to 28 Jan 2019
Maximum the tribunal could award£3,600
Amount the tribunal ordered£1,800 per applicant on average; £3,600 in total for 2 applicants
Share of the maximum100%, from the two figures above
RulesOld 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.

From the tribunal's reasons on the amount

to repay is the rent paid during the relevant period, less any state benefits. We are required to take into account “the financial circumstances of the landlord”. … Accordingly, we do not make any deductions. … The Applicants request that 12 months rent should be ordered “For the Respondent’s breach of the specified offence.” This is outside the Tribunal’s jurisdiction which extends solely to repayment of rent paid. Determination. Taking all relevant matters into account, we are satisfied that the RRO should be made in respect of the entire rent paid by the Applicants in the sum of £3,600.

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.

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