FtT: It’s make-your-mind-up time

Flat Justice encourages all Rent Repayment Order (RRO) Applicants to appeal decisions which seem unfair or incompetent. We often have DIY Applicants approaching us for an opinion and/or assistance, as in this case decided at…

100% 100% 100%

At last, reprieve from the endless refrain in Rent Repayment Order (RRO) judgments at the FtT: “Following Parker v Waller, there is no assumption that 100% of the rent should be awarded.” Well there is…

Beyond Irrational Doubt

Thankfully the Upper Tribunal is soldiering on (unlike the FtT London’s Rhipsaspia) and have, just today, produced a Decision in one of our outstanding appeals. You may remember our earlier blog on this case: “The…

RRO Cases & Coronavirus

We urge all Rent Repayment Order (RRO) Applicants to write to their Tribunal to request a paper determination or the alternative of a video hearing. Paper determinations are regularly made at the Northern Tribunal for…

Guardians can Get Rent Back!

Guardians, who live in disused properties, can Get Rent Back with a Rent Repayment Order (RRO) after a recent decision by The First-tier Tribunal Property Chamber in London (FtT), in the first case of its…

RRO Applicants: the power is in your hands

It’s difficult to emphasise how important this appeal decision is for Rent Repayment Order (RRO) applications: https://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/format.cgi?doc=/uk/cases/UKUT/LC/2019/311.html Many Applicants are confused about who should be the Respondent (R), as tenancy agreements (if available) often don’t…

The House of Evictions

Flat Justice has now taken on another appeal case. This will be our 5th appeal this year: the First-tier Tribunal Property Chamber just keeps churning out those bad decisions… Here we have a Nigerian construction…