[2023] UKUT 207 (LC)

UTLC No: LC-2022-541

Royal Courts of Justice, Strand,

London WC2A

22 August 2023

TRIBUNALS, COURTS AND ENFORCEMENT ACT 2007

AN APPEAL AGAINST A DECISION OF THE FIRST-TIER TRIBUNAL

(PROPERTY CHAMBER)

LANDLORD AND TENANT – SERVICE CHARGES – application struck out as having no prospect of success – insurance – tripartite lease – tenant-controlled management company required to procure insurance from insurer nominated by landlord – reasonableness of charge payable by leaseholders – sections 18, 19, 27A and 30, Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 – appeal allowed

BETWEEN

JOSEPH DARRYL DOUGLAS

and others

Appellants

-and-

RMB 102 LIMITED (1)

EYRE & JOHNSON LIMITED

(TRADING AS E & J ESTATES) (2)

Respondents

Re: Boswell Court and Hitherwood Court,

Charcot Road,

London NW9

Martin Rodger KC, Deputy Chamber President

25 July 2023

Joseph Douglas and Deborah Cole, in person, for the appellants

Simon Allison, instructed by J B Leitch Solicitors, for the respondents

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The following cases are referred to in this decision:

Berrycroft Management Co Ltd v Sinclair Gardens Investments (Kensington) Ltd [1997] 1 EGLR 47

Cinnamon Ltd v Morgan [2001] EWCA Civ 1616

Williams v Aviva Investors’ Ground Rents GP Ltd [2023] 2 WLR 484

Oakfern v Ruddy [2006] EWCA Civ 1389

Gateway Holdings (NWB) Ltd v McKenzie [2018] UKUT 371 (LC)

Bandar Property Holdings Ltd v J S Darwen (Successors) Ltd [1968] 2 All ER 305

Havenridge Ltd v Boston Dyers Ltd [1994] 2 EGLR 73