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…

. The country’s largest provider of private student accommodation was lambasted in yesterday’s decision by the Northern First-tier Tribunal Property Chamber (Residential Property) (FtT) for failing to license their property….

Bambi Holdings Ltd aka “HMO Enforcement Team” 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩 BEWARE! So many red flags for this company 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩 . . . ●“HMO Enforcement Team” isn’t much of a team: the two…

. This was an appeal at the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) (UT) brought by Unite Group PLC against the lower tribunal’s decision to make a RRO against them/the amount of…

. . This was an appeal of the First-tier Tribunal Property Chamber (Residential Property) (FtT) finding that it could not make a RRO as it held that the property was…

Guardian companies continue to try to push back against the RRO legislation which forces them to license their properties and provide safe accommodation for their occupants (we would say tenants,…

Our regular readers will remember that Flat Justice brought the first RRO case for guardians back in 2019:“Guardians can Get Rent Back!“. Since then we have continued to fight to…

. A recent UT judgment (Hancher– see below) has yet again laid out the stages for calculating the “Quantum” or amount that should be awarded in successful RRO cases. We’ve…

Hallet v Parker: a baseline for RRO awards? . In the recent case of Hallet v Parker, when discussing award levels made in RRO cases, Judge Rodger pointed out: “It…

. One of the lesser-known effects of the Housing and Planning Act 2016, alongside allowing tenants easier access to RROs, was to place upon local housing authorities a new duty…