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LON/00AS/LSC/2025/1034 · service charges · Hillingdon · decided 20 Feb 2026

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The tribunal found that no service charges or administration charges for 2012 to 2020 are payable by the leaseholder, because no valid demands or final accounts were served, and ordered the landlord not to pass its tribunal costs through the service charge and to refund the leaseholder's fees.

Outcome	Not payable
Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case)	Order made
Section 20 consultation	Not in issue
Who applied	Leaseholder(s)
Freeholder / landlord	not a company, or not stated
Management company	none named
Managing agent	none named
Building	One flat, 4 flats
Service charge years in dispute	2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Items in dispute	administration charges, legal and professional fees, other
Items disallowed or reduced	administration charges, legal and professional fees, other
Total demanded	£6,635.16
Total found payable	not stated as one figure
Fees or costs ordered	the respondent to reimburse the applicant's tribunal fees of £227.00

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What the decision says

flats n: The property which is the subject of this application is a block of four flats each with their own entrance.
years: service charge years 2012 to 2020
outcome: The tribunal determines that the sum of £6,635.16 is not payable by the Applicant in respect of the service charges for the years 2012-2020.
items reduced: Inasmuch as the amount sought by the Respondent includes administrative charges in respect of litigation costs, these are not payable pursuant to paragraph 5A of Schedule 11
total demanded: The basis of the application was a claimed debt of £6,635.16 from the period 2012 to 2020.
total payable: As a result the Tribunal determines that no service charges are payable for the period 2012 to 2020.
s20c: The tribunal makes an order under section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 so that none of the landlord’s costs of the tribunal proceedings may be passed to the lessees through any service charge.
costs: the Respondent shall pay the Applicant £227.00 within 28 days of this Decision, in respect of the reimbursement of the tribunal fees paid by the Applicant.

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