Case Law and Tribunals

Our comprehensive hub for navigating the legal landscape of property disputes and regulations. In this section, we delve into precedent-setting cases, legal interpretations, and tribunal decisions that shape property law and governance.

Brickfield Properties Ltd v Ullah and others [2022]

In this appeal case the Upper Tribunal was asked to determine the premium payable by enfranchising tenants where market value is unclear as a result of two sales completed with very different premiums

1 March 2022
FirstPort Property Services Ltd v Settlers Court RTM Company Ltd and others

Download and read a full summary of this landmark case here

3 February 2022
Golding v Martin [2022]

An update on this case, heard in the Appeal Court in 2019, in which the application for relief from forfeiture failed.

30 January 2022
Supreme Court Case Provides Clarification for RTM Estates

Leaseholders Exercising their Rights to Manage a Building Do Not Acquire the Right to Manage the Surrounding Estate

24 January 2022
Supreme Court Case Provides Clarification for RTM Estates

Leaseholders Exercising their Rights to Manage a Building Do Not Acquire the Right to Manage the Surrounding Estate

21 January 2022
Termhouse (Clarendon Court) Management Ltd v Al-Balhaa [2021]

In this appeal, the landlord had sought to apply a determination on service charges via section 76C and the County Court had allowed it. The Court of Appeal was clear that it shouldn’t have done so.

17 December 2021
Collingwood v Carillon House Eastbourne Ltd (2021)

This appeal case turned on two issues: had section 20 consultation requirements been complied with and were the landlord’s costs of running as a limited company recoverable under the service charge.

17 December 2021
Wynne v Yates & Anor (2021)

In this case, the landlord appealed the FTT’s refusal to give dispensation from section 20 consultation requirements. The Upper Tribunal set the decision aside.

17 December 2021
Kensquare Ltd v Boakye [2021]

In this case, time was of the essence in relation to interim service charge provisions and the landlord's legal costs were recoverable as an administration charge.

24 November 2021
Eastern Pyramid Group Corporation SA v Spire House RTM Co Ltd [2021]

The Court of Appeal confirmed how to deal with failures to comply with the RTM procedure set out in the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002.

18 November 2021

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