Flat 1, 1 Montagu Place, London W1H 2EW
LON/00BK/LSC/2019/0335 · service charges · Westminster · decided 18 Dec 2019
The tribunal decided that the lease does not allow the landlord to recover legal costs through the service charge, other than costs of forfeiture proceedings, so the legal costs demanded from the leaseholder were not recoverable.
| Outcome | Not payable |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Not applied for |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | One Montagu Place Limited |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | One flat · 2 decisions about this building |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 |
| Items in dispute | legal and professional fees |
| Items disallowed or reduced | 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
- freeholder
Respondents : One Montagu Place Limited
- years
In a number of demands made in the service charge years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019
- outcome
the legal costs demanded by the respondent are not recoverable from the applicant
- items reduced
the legal costs demanded by the respondent are not recoverable from the applicant
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