15 The Courtyard, Berry Hill Lane, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG18 4FZ
BIR/37UF/LIS/2022/0011 · LIS · Mansfield · decided 26 Sep 2022
The tribunal decided that the landlord's failure to contribute to service charges for its unsold apartments does not make the charges unpayable or unreasonable, but made a limited s.20C order and ordered the landlord to refund the applicant's £300 fees.
| Outcome | Other decision |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Blackthorne (Midlands) Limited |
| Management company | Berry Hill Hall (Mansfield) Management Company Limited |
| Managing agent | Compass Block Management |
| Building | A block |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 |
| Items in dispute | other |
| Items disallowed or reduced | none stated |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | the respondent (First Respondent) to reimburse the applicant £300 issue and hearing fees |
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What the decision says
- flats n
comprising 15 other apartments
- freeholder
Blackthorn (Midlands) Limited (“the First Respondent”), which is the landlord/freehold owner of the entire development
- management company
Berry Hill Hall (Mansfield) Management Company Limited (“the Second Respondent”), the leaseholders management company.
- agent
The Second Respondent had appointed Compass Block Management as its managing agent
- years
the service charge years 2017 to 2021
- outcome
The absence of any contribution towards the service charge by the First Respondent landlord for any properties that it owns on the development and which remain in its legal ownership does not alter the payability or reasonableness of the service charges levied in this case
- s20c
A s.20C order is made to that limited extent.
- costs
The First Respondent is required to reimburse the Applicant the sum of £300 in respect of the issue and hearing fees paid to commence the proceedings
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