Click the case name for better results:

Eshraghi and Others v 7/9 Avenue Road (London House) Ltd (Landlord and Tenant – Service Charges): UTLC 2 Jul 2020

LANDLORD AND TENANT – SERVICE CHARGES – jurisdiction of FTT to consider payability of sums drawn from reserve account – whether justiciable only in court proceedings because involving an allegation of breach of trust – recoverability of costs incurred in proceedings over control of corporate landlord and in disputes between landlord and individual leaseholders – … Continue reading Eshraghi and Others v 7/9 Avenue Road (London House) Ltd (Landlord and Tenant – Service Charges): UTLC 2 Jul 2020

Enterprise Home Developments Llp v Adam (Landlord and Tenant – Service Charges): UTLC 12 May 2020

LANDLORD AND TENANT – SERVICE CHARGES – paper determination of service charge dispute by FTT – service charges disallowed due to insufficiency of evidence – whether procedure fair to unrepresented parties – appeal allowed and charges re-determined Citations: [2020] UKUT 151 (LC) Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: England and Wales Landlord and Tenant Updated: 09 December 2022; … Continue reading Enterprise Home Developments Llp v Adam (Landlord and Tenant – Service Charges): UTLC 12 May 2020

NO1 West India Quay (Residential) Ltd v East Tower Apartments Ltd (Landlord and Tenant – Service Charges): UTLC 26 May 2020

LANDLORD AND TENANT – SERVICE CHARGES – effect of agreement that charges not recoverable – whether agreement binding only for period under consideration by FTT – whether charges incorrectly included in demands for utilities costs were prevented by s.20B(1), Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 subsequently from being recovered as service charges – calculation of unit … Continue reading NO1 West India Quay (Residential) Ltd v East Tower Apartments Ltd (Landlord and Tenant – Service Charges): UTLC 26 May 2020

Fivaz v Marlborough Knightsbridge Management Ltd (Landlord and Tenant – Breach of Covenant): UTLC 29 Apr 2020

LANDLORD AND TENANT – BREACH OF COVENANT – long residential lease- tenant covenant not to remove landlord’s fixtures without consent – whether breach of covenant when entrance door to flat replaced by tenant – whether entrance doors comprise landlord’s fixtures – appeal allowed – section 168(4) of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 Citations: … Continue reading Fivaz v Marlborough Knightsbridge Management Ltd (Landlord and Tenant – Breach of Covenant): UTLC 29 Apr 2020

Point Curlew Tenants Association v Francis (Landlord and Tenant – Service Charges): UTLC 21 Apr 2020

Costs – section 20C Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 – whether costs of managing agents were incurred in connection with proceedings before FTT – if so, whether FTT in subsequent decision correct to allow those costs as relevant costs because they were reasonable in amount and would have been incurred regardless of proceedings – appeal … Continue reading Point Curlew Tenants Association v Francis (Landlord and Tenant – Service Charges): UTLC 21 Apr 2020

Octagon Overseas Ltd and Others v Circus Apartments Ltd (Landlord and Tenant: UTLC 17 Nov 2022

FTT Procedure – Application To Exclude Documents From Evidence – Whether Text Message A ‘Without prejudice’ communication – whether any relevant dispute existed – whether privilege being abused to conceal ‘unambiguous impropriety’ – appeal dismissed Judges: Martin Rodger KC, Deputy Chamber President Citations: [2022] UKUT 302 (LC) Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: England and Wales Land, Litigation … Continue reading Octagon Overseas Ltd and Others v Circus Apartments Ltd (Landlord and Tenant: UTLC 17 Nov 2022

Sadd v Brown (Landlord and Tenant : Service Charges): UTLC 5 Jan 2013

UTLC LANDLORD AND TENANT – service charges – whether LVT decision on a point not raised with the parties unfair – landlord covenant to insure – whether implied term the insurance premium recoverable from the tenant as a service charge – appeal dismissed Citations: [2012] UKUT 438 (LC) Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: England and Wales Landlord … Continue reading Sadd v Brown (Landlord and Tenant : Service Charges): UTLC 5 Jan 2013

Maureen Ngozi Obi-Ezekpazu v Avon Ground Rents Ltd (Landlord and Tenant – Administration Charges): UTLC 10 May 2022

LANDLORD AND TENANT – ADMINISTRATION CHARGES – address for service of notice requiring payment of ground rent – tenant’s address known to landlord but not to its successor – whether knowledge of address to be imputed to successor – notice served by post – whether required to be addressed to tenant at subject property – … Continue reading Maureen Ngozi Obi-Ezekpazu v Avon Ground Rents Ltd (Landlord and Tenant – Administration Charges): UTLC 10 May 2022

Landlord Protect Ltd v St Anselm Development Company Ltd: ChD 8 Jul 2008

Judges: Hodge QC J Citations: [2008] EWHC 1582 (Ch), [2008] NPC 82, [2008] 28 EG 113 (CS) Links: Bailii Statutes: Landlord and Tenant Act 1988 1(6)(b) Jurisdiction: England and Wales Citing: Cited – Reid Minty (a firm) v Taylor CA 2002 New CPR govern Indemnity Costs awardsThe defendant had successfully defended the main claim and … Continue reading Landlord Protect Ltd v St Anselm Development Company Ltd: ChD 8 Jul 2008

National Landlords Association v Stimpson: QBD 31 Jul 2008

The parties disputed whether a lease contract had been properly entered into by a board meeting of the company when the defendant said that the quorum depended on the vote of a member who had not been properly appointed by a quorate committee. Citations: [2008] EWHC 2340 (QB) Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: England and Wales Company … Continue reading National Landlords Association v Stimpson: QBD 31 Jul 2008

Landlords Association for Northern Ireland, Re an Application for Judicial Review: QBNI 14 Mar 2005

Citations: [2005] NIQB 22 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights Jurisdiction: Northern Ireland Citing: Cited – Entick v Carrington KBD 1765 The Property of Every Man is SacredThe King’s Messengers entered the plaintiff’s house and seized his papers under a warrant issued by the Secretary of State, a government minister. Held: The common … Continue reading Landlords Association for Northern Ireland, Re an Application for Judicial Review: QBNI 14 Mar 2005

Assethold Ltd 110 Boulevard Rtm Company Ltd (Landlord and Tenant – Right To Manage): UTLC 27 Jul 2017

UTLC LANDLORD AND TENANT – right to manage – service of copy claim notice under s79(8) by email – whether valid – held valid – alternatively (if not) not fatal to subsequent steps taken by the RTM Company – appeal dismissed. Citations: [2017] UKUT 316 (LC) Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: England and Wales Landlord and Tenant … Continue reading Assethold Ltd 110 Boulevard Rtm Company Ltd (Landlord and Tenant – Right To Manage): UTLC 27 Jul 2017

Hill v Helix Housing Association, Re 45B Knighton Park Road (Landlord and Tenant – Rent Determination – Fair Rent): UTLC 7 Jun 2017

UTLC LANDLORD AND TENANT – Rent determination – fair rent – application of Rent Acts (Maximum Fair Rent) Order 1999 – power of First-tier Tribunal to review its own decisions – whether mistaken understanding of relevant facts a permissible ground of appeal – appeal allowed by consent – whether to remit for further consideration Citations: … Continue reading Hill v Helix Housing Association, Re 45B Knighton Park Road (Landlord and Tenant – Rent Determination – Fair Rent): UTLC 7 Jun 2017

The Kingsbridge Pension Fund Trust v Downs, Re: Milstead Farm (Landlord and Tenant – Agricultural Holdings Act 1986): UTLC 6 Jun 2017

Landlord and tenant – Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 – right to succession on retirement of tenant – eligibility dependent on nominated successor deriving principal livelihood from the holding for five years ‘in the last seven years’ – whether this ‘livelihood condition’ must be satisfied for the seven year period prior to the Tribunal’s determination of … Continue reading The Kingsbridge Pension Fund Trust v Downs, Re: Milstead Farm (Landlord and Tenant – Agricultural Holdings Act 1986): UTLC 6 Jun 2017

Bucklitsch v Merchant Exchange Management Company Ltd (Landlord and Tenant : Service Charges): UTLC 14 Dec 2016

UTLC LANDLORD AND TENANT – service charges – Condition precedent to the lessee’s liability — whether lessee prevented by estoppel by convention or waiver from relying upon the condition precedent Citations: [2016] UKUT 527 (LC) Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: England and Wales Landlord and Tenant Updated: 29 January 2022; Ref: scu.573881

Kyriacou v Linden (Landlord and Tenant – Breach of Covenant): UTLC 18 Nov 2021

covenant requiring leaseholder to insure in joint names with landlord – whether covenant breached – costs – whether landlord behaved unreasonably in conducting proceedings – appeal allowed – decision re-made Martin Rodger QC, Deputy Chamber President [2021] UKUT 288 (LC) Bailii England and Wales Landlord and Tenant Updated: 31 December 2021; Ref: scu.670302

Collingwood v Carillon House Eastbourne Ltd (Landlord and Tenant – Service Charges – Consultation Requirements): UTLC 4 Oct 2021

LANDLORD AND TENANT – SERVICE CHARGES – consultation requirements – irrelevance of absence of prejudice to the tenants where there is no application for a dispensation – charges for the running of the landlord as a limited company not within the tenant’s covenants in the lease [2021] UKUT 246 (LC) Bailii England and Wales Landlord … Continue reading Collingwood v Carillon House Eastbourne Ltd (Landlord and Tenant – Service Charges – Consultation Requirements): UTLC 4 Oct 2021

Bedford v Paragon Asra Housing Ltd (Landlord and Tenant – Breach of Covenant – Shared Ownership Lease): UTLC 28 Oct 2021

Shared ownership lease – unlawful sub-letting – application for determination of breach of covenant – defence of waiver by acceptance of rent with knowledge of breach – tenant applying to strike out proceedings – whether FTT wrong to refuse to strike out – s.168, Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 – appeal dismissed [2021] UKUT … Continue reading Bedford v Paragon Asra Housing Ltd (Landlord and Tenant – Breach of Covenant – Shared Ownership Lease): UTLC 28 Oct 2021

Landlord Protect Ltd v St Anselm Development Company Ltd: CA 20 Feb 2009

Guarantee beyond term was unreasonable The tenant objected that the landlord’s conditional consent to an assignment was unreasonable. The purchaser was a dormant company which had never traded. The clause referred to ‘a respectable and responsible assignee or sub-tenant’. The tenant had itself offered a conditional guarantee. Held: A lessor cannot normally reasonably require a … Continue reading Landlord Protect Ltd v St Anselm Development Company Ltd: CA 20 Feb 2009