Abbotsley Country Homes, Drewels Lane, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 6XF
CAM/12UE/LSC/2024/0030 · service charges · Huntingdonshire · decided 25 Jul 2025
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal decided that the Respondent's High Court legal costs are not payable through the service charge or as administration charges, and made a section 20C order.
| 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 | A block, 20 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2023 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, legal and professional fees |
| Items disallowed or reduced | administration charges, legal and professional fees |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | none stated |
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What the decision says
- flats n
It accommodates 20 holiday chalets
- freeholder
The freehold titles to the Chalet Land and surrounding land are owned by Abbotsley Limited (“Abbotsley”)
- years
For 2023, the Applicants disputed the £110,809 for legal and professional fees shown in the accounts.
- outcome
(1) The sums sought from each Applicant for the legal costs of the High Court litigation, as described below, are not payable as service charges under the terms of their underlease.
- items reduced
(2) The charges sought from each Applicant by the Respondent’s managing agents in respect of non-payment of those service charges are not payable as administration charges under the terms of their underlease.
- s20c
it appears just and equitable to make an order under section 20C in respect of all costs incurred, to avoid any possible dispute about this in future.
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