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ASBO for landlord...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2246973/Slum-landlord-David-McCabe-left-tenants-Dickensian-squalor-faces-letting-ban-Britains-property-rental-ASBO.htmlSlum landlord who left tenants in 'Dickensian squalor' faces letting ban under Britain's first property rental ASBO
* Carpets and walls were covered in dirt, with mouse droppings in abundance
* McCabe, 57, from Plymouth fined £28,000 for breaching housing regulations
* Plymouth Council is applying for a lettings ASBO to stop him renting0 -
Large fine for "beds in sheds" landlord..
http://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/article/29347/Court-action-for-beds-in-sheds-landlordCourt action for beds in sheds landlord
A rogue landlord has been ordered to pay more than £20,000 after she was brought to court following an investigation by Hillingdon Council's Beds In Sheds team.
Shalini Largey, of West Drayton Road, Hayes, appeared for sentencing at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court on Monday, 8 December. She pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing for failing to comply with an enforcement notice requesting her to cease the illegal use of an outbuilding in West Drayton Road.
The District Judge fined her £18,000 and ordered her to pay costs of £2,505.
The council demolished the outbuilding earlier this year and is seeking to recover the costs of the work.
Largey also appeared at court in October on behalf of McKane Holdings for similar offences for another illegal outbuilding in West Drayton Road and the company was fined nearly £15,000.
Councillor Keith Burrows, Cabinet Member for Planning, Transportation and Recycling, said: "I am pleased to see the courts taking such a dim view on rogue landlords who think they can flout planning regulations and line their pockets at the same time. I hope this sends out a strong message to other landlords in this position, we will find out who you are and we will take action."0 -
theartfullodger wrote: »
I'd love to know if these tenants ever had their flats brought up to standard0 -
I am grateful to the Residential Landlords Association for bringing this case to my attention in the most recent issue of their magazine "Residential Property Investor".
http://www.residentialpropertyinvestor.co.uk/
(Most recent issue not showing on website..)
Robert Emery fined £12,000
http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/update/2014-12-01/landlord-fined-for-awful-state-of-properties/
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http://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/rogue-landlord-fined-8k-27889/0 -
[FONT="]I am gr[FONT="]ateful to Lime Legal for bring these cases to my attention:
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http://www.limelegal.co.uk/index.htm
[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT] Mr Jones was a private landlord. Mr Angus was his friend. They went to the home of a tenant in arrears with rent. They pushed him to the ground in front of his child before repeatedly kicking and stamping on him, knocking out three of his teeth. At Newcastle Crown Court, following guilty pleas to assault, the defendants were sentenced to 18 months and 15 months imprisonment respectively.[/FONT]
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see...
http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/crime/sunderland-landlord-savagely-beat-dad-in-front-of-his-family-over-unpaid-rent-1-7092443
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Waltham Forest Council v William Lao
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The defendant was a private landlord with 16 properties in the council’s area. Without planning permission, he added large roof and garden extensions to seven of his houses and converted every property into flats. At Snaresbrook Crown Court, he was fined £73,500 (£10,000 for non-compliance with each of the seven enforcement notices, £3,000 in relation to various breaches of Houses in Multiple Occupation regulations – such as fire safety and being unlicensed – and £500 relating to an improvement notice and a failure to disclose ownership). The court made a confiscation order of £217,758.26 (in respect of the profit made in rent from the illegal properties) with six months to pay and 30 months’ imprisonment in default. £10,000 costs were added.[/FONT]
see..
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theartfullodger wrote: »
What a lovely man!The person who has not made a mistake, has made nothing0 -
I am grateful for a recent tweet by the wonderful experts at nearlylegal
https://twitter.com/nearlylegal
for alerting me to this one...
http://www.propertyindustryeye.com/landlord-hit-with-70000-bill-over-damp-and-dangerous-homes/A landlord said to own properties managed by her partner’s letting agency has been hit with a bill of nearly £70,000 for letting out damp, dangerous and mice-infested homes.0 -
I am grateful to Msssrs LimeLegal for alerting me to this one, Landlord, Mr De’Ath, fined a total of £72,000, ordered to pay prosecution costs of £8,700 and a victim surcharge of £120.
http://www.lancsfirerescue.org.uk/2015/03/lytham-st-annes-landlord-fined-for-breaking-fire-safety-law/0 -
LL fined a total of £32,000, and ordered to pay £4,560 in costs after pleading guilty to 4 charges of breaches to Regulation 36(3) of the Gas Safety Installation and Use Regulations 1998 - i.e. failing to have a valid gas safety record at properties rented out.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-cutting-corners-doesnt-pay-andrew-keogh0
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