Service Charge Check
part of Rent Rise Check: rent increases, repayment orders and licensing for renters

← Decisions near BS8 2JW

15 Miles Road, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 2JW (2)

HAV/00HB/LAM/2025/0612 · appointment of a manager · Bristol, City of · decided 31 Mar 2026

figures not yet checked

The tribunal found that £4,980.50 of service charges paid by the leaseholder and used for legal costs were not payable, but dismissed the other service charge challenges, refused to appoint a manager, and granted a section 20C order protecting the leaseholder from the landlord's litigation costs.

OutcomeReduced
Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case)Order made
Section 20 consultationNot in issue
Who appliedLeaseholder(s)
Freeholder / landlord15 Miles Road Limited
Management companynone named
Managing agentnone named
BuildingOne flat, 4 flats
Service charge years in dispute2021, 2022
Items in disputelegal and professional fees, major works, reserve fund
Items disallowed or reducedlegal and professional fees
Total demandednot stated as one figure
Total found payablenot stated as one figure
Fees or costs orderedthe applicant bears the application and hearing fees

Read from the decision automatically: a regular-expression pass, then a language model whose every value must quote the decision word for word; the two readings disagreed on something, so these figures haven't been checked yet and are left out of the statistics. Compare with the original.

What the decision says

flats n
The Property comprises 4 flats.
freeholder
Respondent : 15 Miles Road Limited
years
the actual service charges for the service charge year 2021- 2022
outcome
The Tribunal determines that the £4,980.50 of service charges paid by the Applicant and used to pay ¼ of identified legal costs incurred by the Respondent were not payable.
items reduced
The legal costs of £19,922.00 were not service costs able to be demanded as service charges.
s20c
the recovery of legal and litigation costs pursuant to both section 20C and paragraph 5A is disallowed and the section 20C and paragraph 5A applications are therefore granted.
costs
The Applicant shall bear the application and hearing fees.

The passages each figure was read from, verbatim. People's names are replaced with [name].

The original

This decision replaces an earlier one for the same case: 31 Mar 2026.

If this decision relates to your home and you'd like it removed from this site, email hello@rentrisecheck.uk with the address or the case reference (removal requests).

Spotted an error on this page? Email hello@rentrisecheck.uk with what is wrong; the decision's reference goes in the subject.

Past decisions are not a prediction. Each tribunal decides on the evidence in front of it.