125A and 143D Chorlton Road, , Hulme, Manchester M15 4JG
MAN/00BN/LSC/2022/0036 · service charges · Manchester · decided 1 Dec 2023
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal limited the leaseholder's direct liability for the management company's litigation costs to 25% of the claimed £10,787, and did not bar the remaining costs from being recovered through the service charge, after the leaseholder won only a small disallowance of a duplicated cleaning invoice.
| Outcome | Other decision |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Refused |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Loreto Place (Hulme) Management Company Limited |
| Management company | Loreto Place (Hulme) Management Company Limited |
| Managing agent | Scanlons Property Management LLP |
| Building | A block |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2020, 2021 |
| Items in dispute | cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, management fees, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund, utilities |
| Items disallowed or reduced | cleaning and grounds |
| Total demanded | £10,000 |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | applicant's liability for the respondent's litigation costs limited to £2,696.75 (25% of £10,787) |
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What the decision says
- freeholder
Loreto Place (Hulme) Management
- agent
Scanlons Property Management LLP
- years
in respect of the service charge years, 2020, 2021
- outcome
We make an order limiting the Applicants’ liability to pay the litigation
- items reduced
we decided it was not payable
- s20c
it would not be just and equitable in the circumstances to reduce the Applicant’s share of the service charge any further
- costs
Applicant to 25% of £10,787 totalling £2,696.75.
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