Jan 15, 2021 | Court Fine
15 Jan 2021 A landlord has been hit with what a local authority calls a record £66,000 fine after being found guilty of letting an HMO that was dangerous to tenants. Reading council prosecuted Mohammed Naseer Zamir, following its housing team’s findings at the...Jan 13, 2021 | Court Fine
13 Jan 2021 A LANDLORD has been slapped with a £66,000 fine over ‘serious’ safety breaches including plug sockets next to the shower, and repairs that risked residents being trapped in a fire. In a record attempt by Reading Borough Council (RBC) to clamp...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 22, 2020 | Court Fine, Other News, Planning Enforcement
22 Dec 2020 A major house builder has been ordered to pay what is understood to be the largest fine ever issued by a court in relation to a wildlife crime. On 8 December at Woolwich Crown Court, Bellway Homes pleaded guilty to the offence between 17 March 2018 and 17...Dec 17, 2020 | Court Fine, Licensing
17 Dec 2020 A landlord has been fined £10,000 by her local council for failing to licence a HMO. Tracey Davies of Bath was found guilty in her absence when the case came before magistrates in the city. The local authority – which says it was “acting on...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...
