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Can a tenant withdraw an application to the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) for a rent repayment order once it has been issued? Are the parties able to negotiate a settlement of the dispute outside of the FTT proceedings and if agreement is reached, request that the application be withdrawn?

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Produced in partnership with Chris Bryden of 4 King’s Bench Walk
Published on: 16 December 2019
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The Housing and Planning Act 2016 extended the right of tenants to bring claims before the Residential Property Tribunal for rent repayment orders. Where the tenant has lived in a property within the preceding 12 months and the landlord commits one of a specified number of offences (including violence for securing entry, Harassment of tenants, failure to comply with various obligations or failing to obtain a necessary licence) the tenant, if they can show beyond reasonable doubt that such an offence has been committed, can be awarded a sum of up to 12 months’ rent

Chris Bryden
Chris Bryden

Chris was called to the Bar in 2003 and since that time has built a busy practice across a range of areas, with an emphasis on Chancery practice. He enjoys a well-deserved reputation for his knowledge and expertise in each area. He appears regularly in the County Court, Family Court and the High Court as well as various specialist Tribunals, and has been involved in cases up to and including the Supreme Court. He regularly is instructed at Appellate level. He has extensive and wide-ranging experience particularly in the areas of wills, probate and inheritance disputes; property including adverse possession, boundary disputes and issues arising out of trusts of land; company and commercial work and financial remedies. Chris is head of the Family Group and head of the Property Team at 4KBW.

Chris is the author of numerous articles in publications such as the New Law Journal, Counsel and Family Law, amongst many other titles, and is the co-author of Social Media in the Workplace: A Handbook (2015, Jordan Publishing).

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Harassment definition
What does Harassment mean?

The concept whereby an employee suffers from the conduct of, or an act by, an employer or another person which is in the form of harassment.

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