[2024] UKUT 81 (LC)

Case No: LC-2023-379

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

FTT REF: BIR/00CN/LIS/2019/0025

8 April 2024

TRIBUNALS, COURTS AND ENFORCEMENT ACT 2007

LANDLORD AND TENANT – SERVICE CHARGE – RIGHT TO MANAGE – agreement or admission under section 27A(4) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 – whether payment can constitute agreement – estoppel by convention

BETWEEN:

G & A GORRARA LTD (1)

PAOLA GORRARA (2)

ROBERTO GORRARA (3)

Appellants

-and-

KENILWORTH COURT BLOCK E RTM CO LTD

Respondent

Flat E3 Kenilworth Court,

Hagley Road,

Birmingham, B19 9NU

Upper Tribunal Judge Elizabeth Cooke

12 March 2024

Miss Amanda Gourlay for the appellants, instructed by Paola Gorrara, solicitor

Mr Thomas Walsh for the respondent, instructed by Realty Law Ltd

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The following cases are referred to in this decision:

Cain v London Borough of Islington [2015] UKUT 542 (LC)

Commissioners for HMRC v Tinkler [2021] UKSC

FirstPort Property Services Limited v Settlers Court RTM Co Limited [2022] UKSC 1

G & A Gorrara Ltd and others v Kenilworth Court Block E RTM Co Ltd [2022] UKUT 90 (LC).

Gala Unity v Ariadne Road RTM Co Limited [2012] EWCA Civ 137

Triplerose Ltd v Ninety Broomfield Road RTM Co Ltd [2015] EWCA Civ 282