Jan 6, 2021 | Civil Penalty, Licensing, Tribunal - FTT
05 Jan 2021 Thurrock Council has won an appeal from a decision of the First-tier Tribunal to cancel a civil penalty imposed for the offence of managing or being in control of a house in multiple occupation that is required by the Housing Act 2004 to be licensed, when...Dec 30, 2020 | Civil Penalty, Court Fine, Licensing
30 Jan 2020 A landlord in bath was fined £10,000 plus £4,000 costs and given a criminal record in Bath this month for not licensing her HMO. We see cases of this every week and the “going rate” is around £12,000 for not licensing an HMO. But that is...Dec 15, 2020 | Civil Penalty, Licensing
15 Dec 2020 In a cynical attempt to hide their revenue creation motive by stating: “The council makes no profit from the scheme. Every single pound we get from landlords would be ring-fenced, paying for our team [of enforcement officers] to be out on the streets...Dec 10, 2020 | Civil Penalty, Court Fine, Licensing, Not Fit and Proper
10 Dec 2020 A London council has confirmed its right to refuse licenses to criminal landlords – even reformed ones. A story in the East London Guardian says Nasim Hussain and her daughter Farina took the Waltham Forest council to court after the family’s...Nov 20, 2020 | Civil Penalty, First Tier Tribunal, Improvement Notice
20 Nov 2020 A £4,550 fine, one of several imposed by the council, has been upheld after an appeal by the landlord was rejected by a property tribunal. Fenland council served five civil penalty notices on the landlord totalling £8852 earlier this year for failing...Nov 4, 2020 | Civil Penalty, Improvement Notice
04 Nov 2020 PRIVATE landlords who fail to stick to regulations and treat tenants unfairly can expect a tougher approach from Dorset Council. Senior council officers told a committee this week that they now had the backing, and funding, to adopt a tougher stance where...
