Apr 28, 2022 | Improvement Notice, Successes, Tribunal - FTT
28 Apr 2022 It has been an excellent day today with a council in the Midlands. Improvement Notice issued on massive HMO.Many errors and over-egging, by young aggressive “Enforcement Officers” in the notice. Today, the council’s legal department...
Mar 25, 2022 | Other News, Tribunal - FTT, Tribunal - VOA
25 Mar 2022 Landlords whose HMOs are split up into separate units for council tax purposes are losing court challenges, while a lawyer has remarked that their cases are “unwinnable”, The Telegraph reports. ‘Disaggregation’ is where an HMO is charged council tax...
Aug 19, 2021 | Other News, Rogue Council, Tribunal - FTT
19 Aug 2021 (and then says it has no legal obligation to follow its own policy!) London Borough of Redbridge Council “secretly and informally” flouted its own policy in order to fine over 100 landlords in just six months. Testimony from...
Jun 14, 2021 | Civil Penalty Fines, HMO Management Regs, Not Fit and Proper, Rogue Council, Success, Case Study, Tribunal - FTT
14 Jun 2021 In a shocking, and embarrassing for Northampton Borough Council (NBC), determination by Judge Wayte of the First Tier Tribunal property, he went so far as to suggest that the landlord should make a claim for costs against the Council. A move...
Jun 9, 2021 | Civil Penalty Fines, Tribunal - FTT
09 Jun 2021 A council investigation found no fire alarms, routes of escape blocked, and a broken window covered with a ‘to let’ sign A Manchester letting and management company has been fined more than £21,000 after one of their properties was found to...
Mar 17, 2021 | Rent Repayment Order, Rogue Tenant, Success, Case Study, Tribunal - FTT, Tribunal - UT
17 Mar 2021 In a landmark decision, the Upper Tribunal (Lands) has confirmed that the judgement of the First Tier Tribunal that “Rent Arrears must be accounted for BEFORE rent is eligible to be reclaimed under a Rent Repayment Order (RRO).” This Judgement of the...
