[2025] UKUT 125 (AAC)

Permission to appeal was granted by Upper Tribunal Judge Wikeley on 20 May 2024. A direction that the matter be heard by a three-judge panel of the Upper Tribunal, made by the Chamber President of the Administrative Appeals Chamber on 24 June 2024. That direction was made on the basis that the appeal raised a question of law of special difficulty or an important point of principle practice, namely (inter alia) the issue of the proper construction of regulations 88 and 101 of the HB Regs.

The appeal was heard in the Rolls Building, London on 9 January 2025. The landlord was represented by Mr Bill Irvine, who is an accountant and not a lawyer. The authority was represented by Mr Francis Hoar of Counsel. The tenant was present at the appeal hearing, but was not represented.