Flats 1 & 2, West Heath Road, London, SE2 0RX
LON/00AD/LSC/2021/0366 · service charges · Bexley · decided 22 Mar 2022
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal decided that legal costs the freeholder incurred enforcing another leaseholder's lease cannot be recovered through the service charge from these leaseholders, and it barred the freeholder from recovering the costs of this case through the service charge.
| 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 | not a company, or not stated |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | A block, 4 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | not stated |
| Items in dispute | legal and professional fees |
| Items disallowed or reduced | legal and professional fees |
| Total demanded | £1,972.86 |
| 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 to create four flats
- outcome
the legal costs concerned in this application are not recoverable from the Applicant
- items reduced
the legal costs concerned in this application are not recoverable from the Applicant
- total demanded
required them to pay £1972.86 each
- s20c
exercises its discretion pursuant to section 20(c) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985
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The original
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