Tag Archive for 'HMO'

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HMO licensing actually working?

By NL on 22/11/2008. 1 Comment

Thanks to Tessa at landlordlaw for pointing me to this news snippet from Liverpool, in which the HMO licensing scheme is not only enforced, but the Local Authority aids the tenants,

Following conviction of the landlords, Raymond Whalley, and Ray Whalley Ltd, in the Liverpool Magistrates Court for operating an HMO without a licence, with a £3000 fine plus costs, the LA wrote to the tenants to inform them of their right to seek a rent repayment order in the Residential Property Tribunal. The six tenants did just that, resulting in an order for repayment of rent of £650 each, or three months rent (from the 12 months rent … Read the full post

Posted in Assured Shorthold tenancy and Housing law - All. Tags: assured shorthold, enforcement, HMO, licencing, RPT.

Trying to avoid Council Tax liability by not being a tenant

By NL on 28/10/2008. 0 Comments

In what might be described as an audacious, or perhaps foolhardy, appeal from the Valuation Tribunal, Mr Jackson sought to challenge his liability to pay Council Tax in Jackson v Cambridge City Council [2008] EWHC 2529 (Admin). Normally, this wouldn’t concern us here, but Mr Jackson’s grounds of appeal bring the case inside the wobbly boundaries of Nearly Legal.

Mr Jackson had taken a 6 month assured shorthold tenancy. He claimed he did not move in but promptly sub-let it to four other people, each with their own room, in breach of the tenancy agreement. He paid the rent to the managing agents for the next four years or so, … Read the full post

Posted in Assured Shorthold tenancy, FLW case note and Housing law - All. Tags: assured shorthold, Council tax, HMO, statutory tenancy.