UTLC LC-2023-250 - [2023] UKUT 289 (LC)

This is an appeal from a decision of the First-tier Tribunal (“the FTT”) to make a rent repayment order against the appellants, Mr and Mrs Date-Bah. They received just two working days’ notice of the hearing of the application made by the respondent Ms Radice, their former tenant; they have permission to appeal the FTT’s refusal to adjourn the hearing.

Permission to appeal has been granted by this Tribunal on the ground that the hearing should have been adjourned. The appeal has been determined under the Tribunal’s written representations procedure. Written representations were filed for the appellants by Mr M Mukulu of counsel, and for the respondent by Kaushalya Balainder of Safer Renting. To avoid confusion, since the appellants were the respondents in the FTT, I refer to the parties by name throughout.