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LON/00BK/LSC/2022/0058 · service charges · Westminster · decided 24 Oct 2023

The tribunal decided that the landlord's 2022 charges for the works to the 9th-storey airspace extension were unreasonably incurred and are not payable, with any costs application to be dealt with later.

OutcomePayable as demanded
Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case)Not clear
Section 20 consultationNot in issue
Who appliedLandlord or management company
Freeholder / landlordBackfold Limited
Management companynone named
Managing agentFirstPort Group Limited
BuildingA block
Service charge years in dispute2022
Items in disputemajor works
Items disallowed or reducedmajor works
Total demandednot stated as one figure
Total found payablenot stated as one figure
Fees or costs orderednone stated

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What the decision says

freeholder
On 15 April 2013, the freehold was transferred to Backfold Limited (‘Backfold’)
agent
Ms [name] of FirstPort Group Limited (managing agent for the landlord) (‘FirstPort’)
years
sums demanded by the landlord for the year 2022 in respect of the works of repair/improvement to the 9th storey airspace extension
outcome
are unreasonably incurred to the service charge and are not payable.
items reduced
are unreasonably incurred to the service charge and are not payable.

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