[2024] UKUT 399 (LC)

Case No: LC-2024-547

AN APPEAL AGAINST A DECISION OF THE FIRST-TIER TRIBUNAL PROPERTY CHAMBER

FTT REF: LON/OOAG/LRM/2023/0047

9 December 2024

TRIBUNALS, COURTS AND ENFORCEMENT ACT 2007

COSTS – RIGHT TO MANAGE – whether late withdrawal of objection to claim was objectively unreasonable – rule 13(1)(b), Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Property Chamber) Rules 2013 – appeal allowed

BETWEEN:

ASSETHOLD LIMITED

Appellant

-and-

PIANO WORKS BUILDING RTM COMPANY LIMITED

Respondent

Piano Works, 28-34 Fortess Road,

London NW5

Martin Rodger KC,

Deputy Chamber President

Determination on written representations

© CROWN COPYRIGHT 2024

The following cases are referred to in this decision:

Lea v GP Ilfracombe Management Company Ltd [2024] EWCA Civ 1241

Ridehalgh v Horsefield [1994] Ch 205

Willow Court Management Co (1985) Limited v Alexander [2016] UKUT 290 (LC); [2016] L.&T.R.34