Flats 2 & 6 & 9 Warrior House, 42-82 Southchurch Road, Southend on Sea, Essex SS1 2LZ
CAM/00KF/LIS/2023/0016 · LIS · Southend-on-Sea · decided 13 Mar 2026
The tribunal found most of the 2019 to 2024 service charges payable, including the caretaker, management, insurance and accountancy charges, but ruled that two legal advice invoices totalling £3,480 were not recoverable under the lease, and refused the lessees' request for a s20C order.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Refused |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Palmlake Properties Limited |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | Palmlake Properties Ltd |
| Building | A block, 19 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| Items in dispute | insurance, legal and professional fees, management fees, other |
| 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
demised to 19 residential units on the second floor
- freeholder
The respondent is Palmlake Properties Limited who is the freeholder owner
- outcome
these two ‘Clarkslegal costs’ items are not payable under the terms of the lease
- items reduced
these two ‘Clarkslegal costs’ items are not payable under the terms of the lease
- s20c
the tribunal does not make an order pursuant to s20C of the Landlord & Tenant Act 1985
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