Elm Court, Cholmeley Park, London N6 5EJ
LON/00AP/LSC/2024/0264 · service charges · Haringey · decided 9 May 2025
The tribunal reduced some insurance, gardening and legal fee charges, found legal fees for two years not payable, and appointed a manager for 2½ years, with the landlord agreeing not to charge the applicants' proceedings costs.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Not applied for |
| Section 20 consultation | Consultation failure found |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Elm Court (Highgate) Freehold Limited |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | One flat, 8 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, management fees, other, reserve fund |
| Items disallowed or reduced | cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | the respondent will not seek to charge the applicants any costs incurred in connection with these proceedings |
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What the decision says
- flats n
a 4-storey detached block of 8 residential flats
- freeholder
Respondent : [name] Court ([name]) Freehold Limited
- years
the years 2017/18 to 2022/23 inclusive
- outcome
In relation to the legal and professional fees for 2021/22 and 2022/23, the Applicants’ share of these is not payable at all.
- items reduced
In relation to the specific gardening charge for 2020/21 that has been challenged (£2,475.08), this is reduced to £2,000.00
- s20
the Respondent failed to consult and therefore the cost should be limited to £2,000.00
- costs
the Respondent will not be seeking to charge to the Applicants any costs incurred by it in connection with these proceedings, whether through the service charge or otherwise.
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