[2025] UKUT 111 (LC)

On 18 July 2024, three days before his appointment was due to expire, the manager applied to the FTT, jointly with Mr Sephton for an order under section 24(9) of the 1987 Act extending and varying the management order. The application explained that the management order was due to expire on 20 July 2024 and that works to the roof of the building were still required. These could not wait any longer but the difficulty of obtaining funds from the respondent had made financing the works extremely difficult.

The application sought an extension of the period of the order to 20 July 2026 and modifications of its terms so that the manager would become responsible for collecting contributions towards insurance and maintenance from the commercial tenants. The applicants also sought disclosure of information by the respondent and requested that a penal notice be endorsed on the order in the event of non-compliance by the respondent. While the application was being considered, the applicants requested that the FTT temporarily extend Mr Kirk's appointment to ensure that the building continued to be managed by him.