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.

Bentham v Lindsay Court (St Annes) RTM Co Ltd [2021]

This recent case considered the interaction in law between the Right to Manage and the appointment of a manager.

14 January 2021
Rees v Earl of Plymouth [2020]

In this agricultural appeal, the Court of Appeal considered the principles which apply to the interpretation of a landlord’s right of entry in a lease, and a landlord’s reserved rights more generally.

12 January 2021
Williams v Aviva Investors Ground Rent [2020]

Where a landlord demands service charges from leaseholders in apportionments that differ from those stated in the leases, are such sums payable by the leaseholders?

12 January 2021
38/34 CHG Residents Company Ltd v Hyslop [2020]

A case that turned on the reasonableness of service charges heard in the Upper Tribunal

12 January 2021
Marchitelli v 15 Westgate Terrace Ltd [2020]

A case that turned on whether or not there had been a breach of a covenant not to permit or suffer in or upon the property any illegal or immoral act 15 July 2020

12 January 2021
Vale Court Freehold (London) Ltd v Carey-Morgan [2020]

A case that turned on the post -enfranchisement grant of an airspace lease where the defendants sought security for costs.

12 January 2021
Northwood Solihull Ltd v Fearn 2020

A problematic case that dealt with prescribed information and signing as a company

7 January 2021
Victory Place Management Company Limited v Kuehn and anr [2018] EWHC 132 (Ch).

This case highlights the importance of management companies behaving reasonably when considering whether or not to grant consent for a tenant to keep a pet in their flat.

18 December 2020
Manchikalapati v Zurich Insurance Plc [2019] EWCA Civ 2163

An insurance-related case that dealt with the contractual limit on an indemnity

2 November 2020
The London Borough of Lambeth v Gniewosz (2020) UKUT 274 (LC)

This case turned on whether the costs of a new roof to parts of a block of flats would be recoverable under the service charge.

30 September 2020

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