HOUSING – FINANCIAL PENALTIES – breach of HMO Management Regulations – defence of reasonable excuse – whether local housing authority required to prove beyond reasonable doubt that appellant had no such excuse – whether burden on appellant to establish reasonable excuse – ss.234A, 249A, Housing Act 2004 – Management of Houses in Multiple Occupation (England) … Continue reading IR Management Services Ltd v Salford City Council (Housing – Financial Penalties – Breach of HMO Management Regulations): UTLC 19 Mar 2020

Housing – Civil Penalty – Houses In Multiple Occupation – breaches of Management of Houses in Multiple Occupation (England) Regulations 2006 – application of local housing authority policy on civil penalties – whether remedial works carried out after date of offences is relevant to assessment of seriousness of offences – whether works carried out to … Continue reading Sheffield City Council v Hussain: UTLC 28 Oct 2020

Housing – Civil Penalty – Selective Licencing Selective licencing – local housing authority’s policy always to try to resolve issues informally before resorting to enforcement action – property managed by agent on behalf of landlord resident abroad – landlord unaware of need for licensing – whether policy applied – whether penalty consistent with policy – … Continue reading Ekweozoh v London Borough of Redbridge: UTLC 29 Jul 2021