[2023] UKUT 263 (LC)

This is an appeal from a decision of the First-tier Tribunal on a landlord’s appeal from civil penalties imposed by the local housing authority for offences relating to the condition of his property. It raises some interesting questions about mitigation, totality, and the principle that civil penalties for housing offences should be set at a level that ensures the landlord does not profit from his crime.

I heard the appeal in Leeds on 9 October 2023. Mr Kazi, the appellant landlord, was represented by Mr Peterken of NP Legal Service. The respondent local authority provided an unsigned skeleton argument but chose not to participate in the hearing.