Flats 1, 2 & 3, 76 Portland Road, South Norwood, London, SE25 4PQ
LON/00AH/LSC/2019/0468 · service charges · Croydon · decided 19 Sep 2021
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal found the landlord's legal costs are not recoverable through the service charge, declined to make a section 20C order, and limited recovery of the landlord's litigation costs to two-thirds under paragraph 5A.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Refused |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | not a company, or not stated |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | Inspired Property Management Ltd |
| Building | A block, 3 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 |
| Items in dispute | legal and professional fees, major works, management fees, reserve fund |
| Items disallowed or reduced | 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
converted into three flats
- freeholder
Respondents : South London Ground Rents Ltd
- agent
Prior to this the respondent engaged Inspired Property Management Ltd, as managing agent.
- years
service charge years 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
- outcome
the applicants have been partially successful in relation to the disputed items, to approximately 30%
- items reduced
The Tribunal therefore finds that the landlord’s legal costs are irrecoverable via the service charge.
- s20c
The Tribunal does not make an order under section 20C of the Landlord
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