Tanfield is a leading set in property law and a ‘force to be reckoned with’ across all aspects of commercial and property law.

Regarded, by peers, clients and the wider property sector as unrivalled on the subject of Enfranchisement and Right to Manage, the set has related expertise in areas such as Commercial Disputes, Banking & Mortgages, Private Client and Professional Negligence, as well as a range of other, complementary specialisms.

Service Charges

Our Service Charges Expertise

Leases and tenancy agreements usually allow landlords to recover the costs incurred in the repair, maintenance management and provision of services to a multi-occupancy building from the leaseholders. These charges are known as service charges.

Members of Tanfield are well-known for their expertise in the law relating to service charges and the management of commercial, residential and mixed-use developments.

Our barristers represent clients in the Courts and Tribunals from the First-Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) through to the Supreme Court. Members regularly advise on lease terms, statutory regulation of leasehold properties and codes of practice.

As recognised experts in this field, members of Tanfield are regularly invited to speak at national industry events relating to leasehold law. Tanfield also organises an annual Service Charge & Management Conference and writes a leading textbook on Service Charges & Management, which is published by Sweet & Maxwell.

Our Service Charges Clients

Tanfield’s clients include specialist property law firms, surveyors, landlords, tenants, managing agents, local authorities and other social landlords.