[2024] UKUT 313 (LC)

Case No: LC-2024-105

AN APPEAL AGAINST A DECISION OF THE FIRST-TIER TRIBUNAL (PROPERTY CHAMBER)

FTT Ref: LON/OOBB/HMF/2023/0033

4 October 2024

TRIBUNALS, COURTS AND ENFORCEMENT ACT 2007

HOUSING – RENT REPAYMENT ORDER – defence of reasonable excuse – incorrect information on local authority website – landlord’s financial circumstances – utility payments

BETWEEN:

MRS DAISY OJUKWU

Appellant

-and-

CHUKWUNYERE PETER ONUOHA

Respondent

3Fox Close,

London, E16 1NU

Upper Tribunal Judge Elizabeth Cooke

Royal Courts of Justice

1 October 2024

Ms Angela Delbourgo for the appellant, instructed by Goldfield Solicitors

Mr Jamie McGowan of Justice for Tenants for the respondent

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The following cases are referred to in this decision:

Acheampong v Roman [2022] UKUT 239 (LC)

Daff v Gyalui [2023] UKUT 134

LDC (Ferry Lane) GP3 Ltd v Garro and others [2024] UKUT 40 (LC)

Newell v Abbott [2024] UKUT 181 (LC)