30 Achilles Close, St James Place, London, SE1 5HE
No rent was set
The application was struck out, so the tribunal did not set a rent. This most often happens when the landlord's notice was invalid or the tribunal had no jurisdiction.
In short
The landlord, a company, served a rent increase notice on the tenant dated 30 March 2026 proposing a new rent from 1 June 2026 for a property in SE1. The tribunal struck out the tenant's application because it had no jurisdiction: the notice's start date of the 1st did not match the tenancy period, which began on the 10th, and the notice must take effect at the start of a tenancy period. The tribunal said that unless the landlord obtains County Court confirmation that the notice is valid, the proposed rent is not payable, and that the validity question is ultimately for the County Court.
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- “…g the validity of the notice. In the present case, Miss Whiteland did not refer the notice to the local rent assessment committee. She therefore took the risk that the notice might be held to be valid, in which case the new rent of £100 per week would have taken effect pursuant to section 13(4). But her failure to refer the notice to the committee did not deprive the court of jurisdiction to determine the validity of the notice. The tri…”
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