Two tenants in a Birmingham flat claimed back £7,517.47 in rent paid while the flat was unlicensed. They won, but not as much as they had hoped. Part-way through, the landlord had obtained a temporary…
When two of the three joint tenants moved out of a house in Kingsbury in 2023, the one who stayed did what many sharers do. He found new flatmates, turned a reception room into a…
A recent decision of the First-tier Tribunal Property Chamber (Residential Property) (FtT) is a sharp reminder that a Rent Repayment Order (RRO) application is legal proceedings. It has consequences for the tenants who sign it….
A tribunal decides that 50% is the right figure, then orders half of it. The First-tier Tribunal decided LON/00BE/HMF/2025/0889 — Flat 1, Woodside Villa, 11 Sydenham Hill, London SE26 6SH — on 12 August 2026….
Or why a landlord who sends a locksmith to an occupied flat can still walk away from a rent repayment order. The First-tier Tribunal published its decision in Keller & Fantini v City Accommodations Re…
We have rebuilt GetRentBack.org from the ground up. It is live today. The old site had grown by accretion since 2018, a page at a time, and it showed. The law underneath it had also…
Following a request from the Ministry for Housing Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), Flat Justice has conducted a survey of independent RRO Applicants who have subscribed to our “DIY” Rent Repayment Order (RRO) Guide. The…
Key take-aways for tenants from the draft RRB, published 11/09/2024: §96, §100, §101 & §102 of the new bill details changes to a number of Acts that govern RROs §96 •Following new offences created in…
Or how a landlord can be a landlord but not be a landlord all at the same time. In Kumar v Kolez & ORS [2024] UKUT 255 (LC), a house in Wandsworth had been let…
UNITE Group plc Commits Another Criminal Offence . In another licensing failure, Unite neglected to license both of its properties in Coventry at the start of the Additional licensing scheme there on 4th May 2020….