Flats A, C, D, E, G & H, 5 & 7 Lansdowne Square, Northfleet, Gravesend, DA11 9LX
CHI/29UG/LAC/2019/0009 · administration charges · Gravesham · decided 18 Nov 2019
The Tribunal decided that no administration charge is payable by the leaseholders for the costs demanded for past arrears enforcement, because the landlord had not shown that it had actually incurred those costs, and it extinguished any liability for litigation costs of these proceedings.
| Outcome | Not payable |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Not applied for |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Landlord or management company |
| Freeholder / landlord | Priestley LLP |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | Hurford Salvi Carr Property Management Limited |
| Building | A block, 8 flats · 2 decisions about this building |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2009, 2018 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, legal and professional fees |
| Items disallowed or reduced | administration charges, legal and professional fees |
| Total demanded | £11,385.28 |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | Paragraph 5A order: respondents' liability to pay litigation costs in connection with these proceedings as administratio |
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What the decision says
- flats n
a purpose built 4 storey block of 8 self-contained flats
- outcome
No administration charge is payable by the Respondents.
- items reduced
The Tribunal therefore determines that for the purposes of clause 8 the tenant’s liability would only arise when a demand was made in respect of costs actually paid, that is to say were incurred, by the landlord.
- total demanded
The sums demanded of Mr [name] amount to £11,385.28
- costs
the Respondents’ liability to pay an administration charge in respect of the litigation costs in connection with these proceedings is extinguished.
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