rent repayment orders
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Regulation & Law
‘Gracious’ letting agent to pay tenants £12,450 over licence error
Despite persuading a First Tier Tribunal that he and his wife had been good landlords and managed the property well, his former tenants are to enjoy a considerable cash windfall.
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Regulation & Law
Landlord duo fined £14,000 after failed attempt to blame letting agent
Muhammed Abdul and Amina Khatun Hamid inaccurately blamed EA Property for naming them instead of their son Zafar on tenancy following rent repayment order attempt.
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Tribunal rules in first case since landmark rent repayment decision
Landlord Sabour Mansour tried unsuccessfully to use the Rakusen vs Jepsen ruling to avoid rent repayment orders.
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Regulation & Law
Fines for London letting agents rise as councils ‘clamp down’
Camden Council leads the way as fines for London letting agents totalled more than £8m in the last year – an increase of £1.5m, says new report..
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Who pays a rent repayment order? Supreme Court date set for decision
Tenants in the infamous Rakusen vs Jepsen have been given leave to appeal to the UK's highest court to settle their £26,000 argument with the landlord.
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Councils push scheme to catch agents running unlicensed properties
London's boroughs are encouraging tenants to check their property is licenced and then using RROs to fine letting agencies and landlords.
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