45 Stanford House, Princess Margaret Road, East Tilbury RM18 8YP
CAM/00KG/LSC/2019/0053 · service charges · Thurrock · decided 21 Nov 2019
The court held that the landlord's legal costs of recovering arrears, which the defendant had paid within days of the claim being issued, were disproportionate, and allowed only £2 500 of them.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Not applied for |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Landlord or management company |
| Freeholder / landlord | not a company, or not stated |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | One flat |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2019 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, legal and professional fees |
| Items disallowed or reduced | administration charges, legal and professional fees |
| Total demanded | £3 |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | the respondent to pay the applicant's costs of £2 500 inclusive of VAT, subject to VAT position |
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What the decision says
- outcome
A proportionate amount, in the circumstances, is £2 500
- items reduced
A proportionate amount, in the circumstances, is £2 500
- costs
A proportionate amount, in the circumstances, is £2 500 (inclusive of VAT, if the claimant's solicitors can confirm that their client is not VAT registered and cannot set that element off)
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