The Missing 25%

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….

Chain Cut, Locks Changed, No Offence

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…

A New GetRentBack

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…

Independent RRO Applicants Survey

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…

RROs & The RRB

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…

Schrödinger’s Landlord

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…

Queens Park House, Coventry

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….

Warning: “HMO Enforcement Team”

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 employees it claims are fakes….