Feb 15, 2021 | Court Fine, Licensing
15 Feb 2021 Two landlords who let an unlicensed London HMO property without providing proper washing facilities or tackling serious fire hazards have been taken to court. The pair were fined over £22,000 after letting out a property in Hackney without proper...
Jan 31, 2020 | Court Fine, Rogue Landlords
20 Jan 2020 A judge has ordered two landlords to pay a total of £14,858 for illegally renting out an unlicensed house without working smoke alarms to tenants whose teenage son died after it caught fire. Firefighters attended the scene in Thornton Heath, south London,...
Nov 20, 2019 | Other News
20 Nov 2019 “We ignored the fire alarm because it goes off all the time” said many of the 211 students who were incredibly lucky to escape death as a fire ravaged their student residence at The Cube in Bolton on Friday 15th November 2019. Many others, who spoke to the...
Jul 29, 2019 | Civil Penalty Fines
29 Jul 19 A buy-to-let landlord has been ordered to pay £14,500 for illegally renting out an overcrowded House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) without a licence in Evesham, Worcestershire. The landlord was issued with four civil penalty notices by Wychavon District...
