[2024] UKUT 56 (LC)

Case No: LC-2023-425

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

FTT REF: CH1/23UC/LDC/2023/0013

4 March 2024

TRIBUNALS, COURTS AND ENFORCEMENT ACT 2007

LANDLORD AND TENANT – SERVICE CHARGES – consultation requirements – dispensation under section 20ZA of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 – whether works required to be urgent for a dispensation to be granted – position of equitable owner during the registration gap – conflict of interest

BETWEEN:

R M RESIDENTIAL LIMITED

Appellant

-and-

(1) WESTACRE ESTATES LIMITED

(2) BELLRISE DESIGNS LTD

Respondents

2 The Waterloo,

Cirencester,

GL7 2PZ

Upper Tribunal Judge Elizabeth Cooke

Mr Charles Auld and Ms Kayleigh Bloomfield for the appellant, instructed by Hughes Paddison Solicitors

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The following cases are referred to in this decision:

Daejan Investments Limited v Benson [2013] UKSC 14

Holding and Management (Solitaire) Limited v Leaseholders of Sovereign View [2023] UKUT 174 (LC)

Lambeth LBC v Kelly [2022] UKUT 290 (LC)

Marshall v Northumberland & Durham Property Trust Limited [2022] UKUT 92 (LC)

Satyam Enterprisies Ltd v Burton [2021] EWCA Civ 287

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