Ian Quayle discusses the recent ruling of Octagon Overseas Ltd & Anor v Cantlay & Ors [2024], focusing on the transmission of insurance premiums into service charges and the question of whether leaseholders are entitled to credit for commissions and fees. ...
Service charges; Insurance
Assethold Ltd v Adam [2022] UKUT 282 (LC)
Article contributed by Ian Quayle Residential Leasehold Service Charge Disputes and test of reasonableness under Section 19 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 Bailii link: https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2022/1375.html Summary The...
Mayor and Burgesses of the Tower Hamlets London Borough Council v Khan [2022] EWCA Civ 831
Article by members of Tanfield Chambers Service charges; recoverability of legal costs as a service charge; recoverability of legal costs and as an administration charge Summary Considering a clause in a long lease that permitted the Landlord to recover legal costs...
Assethold Limited v Hoye and Fox [2022] UKUT 173 (LC)
Article by Members of Tanfield Chambers Service charges; Insurance Summary The Upper Tribunal overturned a decision of the FTT (First Tier Tribunal) that Insurance Costs were not payable by the leaseholders due to the landlord’s failure to serve a notice required by...