Flat 42 Cambray Court, Cheltenham GL50 1JX
CHI/23UB/LSC/2023/0118 · service charges · Cheltenham · decided 20 Jul 2025
The tribunal accepted that the river wall construction costs were reasonably incurred but reduced the professional and management fees, found the consultation requirements were not complied with, and ordered that the landlord's litigation costs cannot be passed on to the leaseholder.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Consultation failure found |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Cromwell Business Centre Management Company Ltd |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | One flat, 56 flats · 2 decisions about this building |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2017, 2018, 2019 |
| Items in dispute | legal and professional fees, major works, management fees |
| Items disallowed or reduced | legal and professional fees, management 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
The freehold title is subject to 56 long residential leases
- freeholder
The freeholder is [name] Centre Management Company Ltd (hereinafter also referred to as CCMC).
- years
service charge years 2017/18, 2018/19,
- outcome
the amount found recoverable by the Tribunal is £143,803.55 inclusive of VAT, against the £191,586 sought.
- items reduced
a fee reduction of 20% is necessary.
- s20c
the tribunal determines that it is just and equitable in the circumstances for an order to be made
- s20
the consultation requirements were not complied with.
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