Property & Real Estate Barristers
News & Events: Service Charges
James Fieldsend and Edward Blakeney successful in the Court of Appeal
23rd November 2021
The Judgment in Kensquare Limited v Boakye provides guidance for residential and commercial landlords on how service charge...
Aster Communities v Chapman & Others [2021] EWCA Civ 660
10th May 2021
In Aster Communities v Chapman & Others [2021] EWCA Civ 660 (“Aster”) the Court of Appeal considered the...
Court of Appeal decides important case on the operation of management orders under the Landlord & Tenant Act 1987
22nd March 2021
Oung Lin Chaun-Hui & Others v K Group Holdings Inc & Others [2021] EWCA - Aldford House Jonathan Upton acted for...
Building Safety Charges: The New Law
21st September 2020
Background The Building Safety Bill 2020[1] was published on 20th July 2020, at a time when landlord and tenant...
Tanfield Talks “Ghosts in the Service Charge Machinery”
18th June 2020
Financial pressures brought on by COVID have brought many landlords and tenants together in agreeing rent and service charge...
Service Charges and Management during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Legal Issues
1st May 2020
Mark Loveday BA(Hons) FCIArb MIRPM, barrister at Tanfield Chambers General Editor, Service Charges and Management (4th Ed)...
The Mayor and Commonality and Citizens of the City of London v Various Leaseholders of Great Arthur House [2019] UKUT 341 (LC)
2nd April 2020
Summary The Upper Tribunal determined, by reference to the interpretation of the specific terms of various “Right to...
Oung Lin Chaun-Hui & Ors v K Group Holdings Inc & Ors
2nd April 2020
Summary The Upper Tribunal considered the status of service charges recovered by a manager appointed under section 24 of the...
Holding and Management (Solitaire) Limited v Leslie Stafford Miller [2019] UKUT 402 (LC)
2nd April 2020
Summary The FTT improperly purported to determine matters which it had no statutory authority to do so on the basis of the...
Firstport Property Services Ltd v Settlers Court RTM Co Ltd & Ors [2019] UKUT 243 (LC)
2nd April 2020
Summary Gala Unity Ltd v Ariadne Road RTM Co Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 1372 was not decided per incuriam, nor was the Court of...