Variously 14 properties within Fernhill Heights, Charmouth, Dorset, DT6 6AU /
CHI/19UH/LSC/2020/0073 · service charges · Dorset · decided 18 May 2021
The tribunal found the landlord cannot recover through the service charge its legal costs of disputes with the owners of the Hotel and House for 2016 to 2019 and future years, and the tribunal is minded to make s20C and costs orders in the leaseholders' favour.
| Outcome | Not payable |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Not clear |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Galliard Homes Limited |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | Crown Property Management Ltd |
| Building | An estate, 51 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 |
| Items in dispute | legal and professional fees |
| Items disallowed or reduced | legal and professional fees |
| Total demanded | £101,126 |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | respondent to reimburse the applicants' fees £300 (minded to order) |
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What the decision says
- flats n
[name] is a holiday complex comprising 51 leasehold units
- freeholder
The Respondent, Galliard Homes Limited (‘Galliard’), is the freehold owner and developer of [name].
- agent
Crown Property Management Ltd (‘CPM’) has performed that role
- years
for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019
- outcome
the recovery of the Respondent’s legal costs incurred in the dispute and litigation against both the House and the Hotel are not permissible under the terms of this lease
- items reduced
the Tribunal finds the Respondent was not permitted to recover as service charge under the terms of the lease the following
- total demanded
These costs amount to a total of £101,126.00
- costs
the Tribunal also is minded to order the Respondent to reimburse the Applicants with £300
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