Unit 6 16 Allandale Crescent, Unit 6, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, EN6 2JY
Evidence considered
- Tenant submitted a written statement and Reply Form challenging the validity of the landlord's section 13(2) notice on the basis it misstated the current rent.
- No evidence of comparable rents was considered as the Tribunal did not proceed to a valuation.
Tenant submitted evidence: yes. Landlord submitted evidence: no.
Tribunal's reasoning
The Tribunal declined to determine the market rent because the tenant disputed the validity of the landlord's section 13(2) notice (alleging it misstated the current rent). As the Tribunal has no jurisdiction to rule on notice validity itself, following Mooney v Whiteland it stayed the matter pending a County Court determination of validity, and did not proceed to a rent determination.
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