Flat 80 MM2 Building, Pickford Street, Manchester, M4 5BT
MAN/00BN/LAC/2022/0011 · administration charges · Manchester · decided 12 Oct 2023
The tribunal decided the leaseholder is not liable to pay £993.80 in late-payment administration charges because the lease contains no provision allowing them, and ordered the landlord company to refund the £100 fee and not to recover its costs of the proceedings.
| Outcome | Not payable |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | MM2 Management Company Limited |
| Management company | MM2 Management Company Limited |
| Managing agent | Zenith Management Limited |
| Building | One flat |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges |
| Items disallowed or reduced | administration charges |
| Total demanded | £993.80 |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | respondent to reimburse application fee £100 |
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What the decision says
- freeholder
Respondent : MM2 Management Company Limited
- agent
through its managing agent Zenith Management Limited, wrote to the Applicant
- years
the administration charges totalling £993.80 for the period 2018 to 2022
- outcome
the Applicant is not liable to pay the administration charges totalling £993.80 for the period 2018 to 2022.
- items reduced
the Applicant is not liable to pay the administration charges totalling £993.80
- total demanded
administration charges totalling £993.80
- s20c
it is just and equitable in view of the outcome of the case to make orders under section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985
- costs
the Respondent is to reimburse the Applicant the hearing fee of £100 within 28 days
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