Flat 3, 97 Bayford Road, Littlehampton, BN17 5HW
HAV/45UC/LSC/2025/0641 · service charges · Arun · decided 31 Oct 2025
The tribunal reduced the buildings insurance charges for 2019/2020 to 2024/2025 by 18.32% by disallowing part of the broker commission, found the section 20 notices validly served with dispensation granted in the alternative, and made a full order under section 20C.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Dispensation granted |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | not a company, or not stated |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | Davis Properties Ltd |
| Building | One flat |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| Items in dispute | insurance |
| Items disallowed or reduced | insurance |
| 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
- agent
property was managed by [name] Properties Ltd
- years
for the service charge year 2019/2020 to 2024/2025 inclusive
- outcome
commission so attributed is disallowed
- items reduced
commission so attributed is disallowed
- s20c
The Tribunal does make an order under section 20C of the
- s20
The Tribunal therefore grants dispensation if the Tribunal were wrong on the issue of the validity of the section 20 notices
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