17 Spurr Street, Sheffield S2 3GY
MAN/00CG/HSA/2019/0001 · Sheffield · decided 10 Apr 2019 · rent repayment order
old rulescouncil application| Offence | Illegal eviction |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | the council |
| Rent | not stated as one figure |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | not stated as one figure (or not yet checked) |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £998 in total for the council |
| 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
tribunal considers it would be unreasonable to require the landlord to pay. “Exceptional circumstances” are not defined. … He was fined £2000. With the addition of compensation, victim surcharge and costs, the total he is required to pay to the court is £3,364. Due to his financial circumstances, the Respondent has been ordered to pay this sum at the rate of £30 per month (112 repayments in total). … On 9 January 2019 the Applicant applied for a rent repayment order. … This includes an apportionment of a benefits payment made after the date of the offence. Without this apportionment, the Applicant has provided the figure £1996.71, which appears to be the amount that the landlord actually received during the relevant period. … As to the universal credit he received, he says that he shared the rent equally with his former wife. He claims to be in financial difficulties, and this appears to the tribunal to be borne out by the reduced instalments order (£30 per month) made by the magistrates court in October. … The Respondent also seeks to have that part of the rent that was attributable to the provision of utilities deducted from the repayment order. However, the tribunal finds that the rent paid via universal credit was an occupation rent only, and did not include a contribution to household bills. …
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