Various Flats within The Hallmark, Manchester, 6 Cheetham Hill, Manchester, M4 4FZ
MAN/00BN/LSC/2024/0148 · service charges · Manchester · decided 11 Sep 2025
The Tribunal found the building insurance charges for 2021/22 to 2023/24 reasonable, found the additional legal costs for letters of claim payable, and refused the leaseholders' request to limit recovery of landlord's costs.
| Outcome | Dismissed or struck out |
|---|---|
| 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 | Living City Asset Management |
| Building | A block, 144 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2021, 2022, 2023 |
| Items in dispute | insurance, legal and professional fees |
| Items disallowed or reduced | none stated |
| 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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- flats n
a 15-story block of 144 flats
- freeholder
The Third Respondent is [name] Land 8 (GR2) Ltd, being, since 29 November 2023, the freehold owner of the Block.
- agent
The First Respondent’s managing agents for the Block have at all material times been Living City Asset Management.
- years
building insurance charges in policy years 2021/2022, 2022/2023, and 2023/2024
- outcome
The Tribunal determines that the service charges for the Property in respect of the building insurance charges in policy years 2021/2022, 2022/2023, and 2023/2024 are reasonable.
- s20c
The Tribunal declines to make an order under s 20C Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 and / or para 5A sch 11 Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002.
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