Flat 1, 1 Montagu Place, London W1H 2EW
LON/00BK/LSC/2020/0124 · service charges · Westminster · decided 19 Feb 2021
figures not yet checkedThe Tribunal found the 2019 and 2020 service charges payable in part, reducing management fees and the reserve fund contribution and disallowing legal fees, and ordered the landlord's costs to be limited by 50% under section 20C and paragraph 5A, with the respondent refunding half the applicant's fees.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | One Montagu Place Ltd |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | Burlington Estates |
| Building | One flat · 2 decisions about this building |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2019, 2020 |
| Items in dispute | cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund, utilities |
| Items disallowed or reduced | none stated |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | the respondent to reimburse the applicant 50% of the fees incurred for issuing and hearing the application |
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What the decision says
- agent
Mr. [name] of Burlington Estates
- years
the sums payable by the Applicant in respect of the service charges demanded for the years 2019 and 2020 are as follows
- outcome
The Tribunal therefore concluded that the reasonable and payable sum for management charges is that sum and not the sum sought by the Respondent.
- costs
The Respondent is ordered to re-imburse the Applicant 50% of the fees incurred by him for issuing this application and having it heard.
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The original
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