Flat 102, 548 Chiswick High Road, London W4 5RG
LON/00AT/LSC/2025/0990 · service charges · Hounslow · decided 5 Aug 2026
figures not yet checkedThe First Respondent conceded it had overcharged the leaseholder by using 8.33% instead of the 1.833% share in his lease for 2020 to 2024, will credit the overcharge back, the strike-out application was refused, and the tribunal limited the landlord's recoverable litigation costs to 50%.
| Outcome | Other decision |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | FH Ltd |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | One flat |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2020, 2024 |
| Items in dispute | other |
| 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 may not recover more than 50% of its costs as an administration charge or through the service charge inso |
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What the decision says
- years
the service charge year ending 2020 to and including the service charge year ending 2024
- outcome
The First Respondent concedes that under the terms of the Applicant’s lease the Applicant should only be paying 1.833% of the total annual service charge, not 8.33%.
- s20c
The tribunal hereby makes an order under section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 that 50% of the costs incurred by the First Respondent in connection with these proceedings are not to be regarded as relevant costs
- costs
the First Respondent cannot recover more than 50% of its costs as an administration cost from the Applicant
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