May 12, 2022 | Court Fine, Rogue Landlords
12 May 2022 A court has told a multi-millionaire landlord he must pay £125,000 after a 10-year campaign of abuse against a local council. Last year Fergus Wilson, 72, was the subject of a life-time injunction banning him from contacting his local Ashford Borough...
Mar 4, 2022 | Civil Penalty Fines, Court Fine, Licensing
04 Mar 2022 Poor housing quality is a serious issue affecting the public health and mental health of the UK population, yet 18% of homes in the Private Rented Sector (PRS) fail the government’s decent homes standard. Enforcement is a key part of...
Feb 23, 2022 | Court Fine, Interim Mgt Order, Prohibition Order
23 Feb 2022 A landlord who harassed tenants and left them in dangerous accommodation hit has been branded “atrocious” and has been hit with a £50,000 bill by a London council. Arbab Ahmed was brought to book on 10 housing violations at Stratford Magistrates Court by...
Jan 20, 2022 | Court Fine, Planning Enforcement
20 Jan 2022 A dodgy landlord from Kentish Town has been ordered to pay more than £64,500 for breaking housing regulations in Barking. Sumon Miah of Mortimer Terrace, off Highgate Road, was recently sentenced for breaching a planning enforcement notice on the...
Nov 22, 2021 | Court Fine, Eviction, Management Regulations
22 Nov 2021 A couple have been fined over £13,000 after they were found guilty of unlawfully evicting four tenants and breaching management regulations on a property they rented out in London. Landlords Stephen Kayode Rotimi and his wife Fadeke Rotimi not only removed...
Oct 29, 2021 | Court Fine, Eviction
29 Oct 2021 A lettings agency has been prosecuted by Birmingham council for unlawfully evicting a tenant. Principal Homes is based at Great Barr and was found guilty under Section 1 of the Protection from Eviction Act 1977 of unlawfully evicting Natalia...
