A handful of brief notes of things of interest. 16 Cornwall Gardens, London, NW10 2QX - (2021) UKFTT LON_00AE_HMF_2020_0097 A First Tier Tribunal decision on an application for a rent repayment order in respect of an unlicensed HMO. The landlord, Mr Ali...
Arrears, conduct and Tribunal discretion on RRO awards.
Awad v Hooley (2021) UKUT 55 (LC) This was an appeal to the Upper Tribunal of the FTT decision on a rent repayment order application that we first saw here. The applicant tenant had had rent arrears at the start of the period for which an RRO was sought, and...
Rent Repayment Order miscellany
A couple of Upper Tribunal decisions on rent repayment order appeals, with broader significance. Ficcara & Ors v James (2021) UKUT 0038 (LC) The applicant tenants had sought rent repayment orders for a) failure to licence, b) harassment under Protection...
Repayment by superior landlord
Rakusen v Jepsen (HOUSING - RENT PAYMENT - whether a rent repayment order may be made against a superior landlord) (2020) UKUT 298 (LC) In Goldsbrough & Anor v CA Property Management Ltd & Ors (HOUSING – HOUSE IN MULTIPLE OCCUPATION) [2019] UKUT 311...
Rent Repayment Orders – the Upper Tribunal is firm
Chan v Bilkhu & Anor (HOUSING - RENT REPAYMENT ORDER - amount awarded) (2020) UKUT 289 (LC) This was an appeal from an FTT rent repayment order decision. The FTT decision was made before the Upper Tribunal decision in Vadamalayan v Stewart and others...
Rent arrears and RROs.
Awad v Hooley CHI/21UD/HMG/2020/0003 5 August 2020 (link to PDF) This is a First Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) decision on an application for a Rent Repayment Order (RRO), which unusually deals with the issue of the tenant's rent arrears. Ms Awad was the...
I want it all.
Vadamalayan v Stewart and others (2020) UKUT 0183 (LC) The Upper Tribunal (Land Chamber) changes the ground rules on rent repayment orders... Ms Stewart and others were tenants of Mr V. The property was an unlicensed HMO and the tenants had applied for an...
Property Guardians and Rent Repayment Orders
Oxley v Live in Guardians Limited LON/00BG/HMF/2019/0037 Thanks to Flat Justice (who represented the applicant) for news of this First Tier Tribunal decision. Ms Oxley occupied a room and shared communal space at a property that was formerly industrial...
FTT fails natural justice on tenant’s RRO application
Wilson v Campbell (HOUSING - RENT REPAYMENT ORDER) (2019) UKUT 363 (LC) In which the Upper Tribunal gives the First Tier Tribunal a thorough ticking off over its decision on a rent repayment order application. Ms Wilson had rented a room in a house from Mr...