CHI/24UH/LBC/2024/0012 & others — service charge decision
In CHI/24UH/LBC/2024/0012 & others, decided 27 June 2025, the First-tier Tribunal considered 6 disputed service charge items at Flat 11 and Flat 9 Bembridge House, Bembridge Drive, Hayling Island, Hampshire and reached a mixed result: 2 items were reduced or disallowed. Full decision on GOV.UK below.
Property: Flat 11 and Flat 9 Bembridge House, Bembridge Drive, Hayling Island, Hampshire
Decision date: 27 June 2025
Full decision: Read on GOV.UK
What was challenged and what the tribunal decided
| Item | Demanded | Allowed | Outcome | Grounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other charges (2021) | £1,238.22 | £1,238.22 | Allowed in full | — |
| Other charges (2022) | £2,248.13 | — | Allowed in full | — |
| Other charges (2023) | £2,980.78 | £2,980.78 | Allowed in full | — |
| Other charges (2024-25) | £741.28 | — | Disallowed entirely | Demand formally invalid |
| Legal & professional costs (2021) | £7,500 | £7,500 | Allowed in full | — |
| Legal & professional costs (2024-25) | — | — | Disallowed entirely | Other grounds |
Key passages (verbatim)
“the actual 'Demand' for the accounting period ending December 25th 2021 ... required a payment of £1,238.22”
“the 'Demand' for the year ending December 25th 2022 ... required a total payment of £2,248.13”
“the 'Demand' for the year ending December 25th 2023 ... required a total payment of £2,980.78”
“the demand is incorrectly drafted (as it gives the wrong dates) and it is therefore not valid”
“The Tribunal determines that the Respondents are liable to pay £7,500 costs in accordance with the Lease for Flat 11.”
“In respect of Flat 9, as there was no determination of breach of covenant no costs are payable.”
“When Mr. Davies interjected to state that no point had been taken on the issue of certification at any stage in these or previous proceedings until the day of this hearing (when the authority of Marina Heights had been produced at the last minute) and that the Respondents should be estopped from raising it now, Ms. Hobbs indicated that she would not be pursuing this particular argument.”
This summary is assembled from the structured record of the published decision; amounts appear only where the tribunal stated them. Always rely on the full decision itself.