Jan 19, 2021 | Court Fine, Licensing
19 Jan 2021 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...Jan 19, 2021 | Eviction, Licensing, Rent Repayment Order
19 Jan 2021 Landlords need to be in no doubt that tenants are being educed by councils, shelter, a wide range of no-win, no-fee ambulance chasers- and now tenants unions too – into not only the ‘tricks and hacks’ they can use to stop you being able to gain...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...Jan 5, 2021 | HHSRS, Licensing
05 Jan 2020 It appears that a London borough council’s two licensing schemes have expired at the turn of the year, with no alternative likely to come into force until the middle of 2021 at least. London Property Licensing reports that additional and selective...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...