Tag: Leasehold Valuation Tribunal
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Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 and unfair service charges?
In the recent case of Morgan v Fletcher & others six leasehold owners (the “leaseholders”) in a block containing of eight flats (the “block”) applied to the LVT to vary retrospectively vary their leases. The leaseholders argued that the service charge clauses in the leases were ” not satisfactory” under section 35 of the Landlord…
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Landlord stung by failure to comply with service charge requirements
In Daejan Investments Ltd v Benson and others [2009] UKUT 233 (LC), the Freeholder/landlord who owned a block of shops and flats gave notice to the leaseholders of the flats that it intended to carry out major works amounting to £270,000. The landlord failed to comply with the statutory service charge consultation requirements leading to…