Sandha v Kumar

Tenant wins · London · 2025-01-29

Adjudicator

Alicia Johnson

Dispute

Illegal Retention Of Rent Deposit

Amount

<$5K

Landlord

S.K.

Tenant

N.S.

Landlord rep

Dilmanjeet Singh

What happened

Tenant applied for an order determining that the Landlord collected or retained money illegally. The Tenant sought the refund of the last month's rent deposit and interest on the deposit.

The ruling

The Landlord must pay the Tenant the last month's rent deposit of $650.00, interest on the deposit of $46.80, and the cost of the application filing fee of $53.00, totalling $749.80. The Landlord illegally retained the last month's rent deposit, as the parties had agreed to terminate the tenancy and the rent for the last month was already paid.