Flat 3, Earl House, 464 Uxbridge Road, London W12 0NT
LON/00AN/LSC/2024/0187 · service charges · Hammersmith and Fulham · decided 4 Mar 2025
The tribunal found the Browne-Jacobsen legal fees were not under a long-term qualifying agreement but limited them to costs from 24 June 2022, allowed the Companies House costs, disallowed late payment fees and the witness attendance costs, and found the portal demands valid.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Not clear |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Landlord or management company |
| Freeholder / landlord | Earl House Management Ltd |
| Management company | Earl House Management Ltd |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | One flat, 6 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2022, 2023 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, legal and professional fees |
| Items disallowed or reduced | administration charges, 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
- flats n
contains six flats on three floors
- freeholder
Applicant : Earl House Management Ltd
- years
service charge years 2022/2023; 2023/2024 (estimated) and 2024/2025.
- outcome
the tribunal disallows this sum for all the service charges years in dispute in the current application.
- items reduced
the tribunal finds the costs incurred by these solicitors should be limited to the costs incurred from the service charge year beginning 24/06/2022
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The original
This decision replaces an earlier one for the same case: 6 Nov 2024.
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