HAV/45UG/LSC/2025/0769 — service charge decision
In HAV/45UG/LSC/2025/0769, decided 28 July 2026, the First-tier Tribunal considered 5 disputed service charge items at 6 Hassocks Lodge, Keymer Road, Hassocks, BN6 8AT and found largely for the leaseholder: 5 items were reduced or disallowed. Full decision on GOV.UK below.
Property: 6 Hassocks Lodge, Keymer Road, Hassocks, BN6 8AT
Decision date: 28 July 2026
Full decision: Read on GOV.UK
What was challenged and what the tribunal decided
| Item | Demanded | Allowed | Outcome | Grounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legal & professional costs (2024-25) | £401.40 | £0 | Disallowed entirely | Demand formally invalid |
| Administration charges (2024-25) | £36 | £0 | Disallowed entirely | Demand formally invalid |
| Other charges (2024-25) | £8.34 | £0 | Disallowed entirely | Demand formally invalid |
| Legal & professional costs (2025-26) | £114 | £0 | Disallowed entirely | Demand formally invalid |
| Legal & professional costs (2025-26) | £114 | £0 | Disallowed entirely | Demand formally invalid |
Key passages (verbatim)
“The solicitors, Bennett Oakley, initially demanded their fees (what is now in total the legal fees in the sum of £401.40) and interest, on 19 June 2024 [85] and again on 3 July 2024 [86] neither of these demands contain the prescribed information.”
“There is no evidence before the Tribunal that the administration charge levied by the managing agent was formally demanded, it follows that the requirement to evidence service of the prescribed information cannot be satisfied given that there is no evidence of the demand having been served.”
“The Tribunal finds that on the balance of probability the prescribed information did not accompany the demands for payment. Therefore, based on the evidence before the Tribunal the sums are not payable.”
“The Applicant has not provided in the bundle a copy of the demands to the Respondent for either of the £114 fees. The Applicant has therefore failed to evidence the fees were properly demanded, with the accompanying prescribed information.”
“On the evidence before it the Tribunal finds that the demands were not properly served with the accompanying prescribed information and therefore finds that the fees are not properly payable.”
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.