LON/00AE/LSC/2024/0258 — service charge decision
In LON/00AE/LSC/2024/0258, decided 17 March 2025, the First-tier Tribunal considered 4 disputed service charge items at Tabriz Court, Block C, and Shams Court, Block E, 5 Olympic Way, Wembley, Middlesex HA9 0NS and reached a mixed result: 1 item was reduced or disallowed. Full decision on GOV.UK below.
Property: Tabriz Court, Block C, and Shams Court, Block E, 5 Olympic Way, Wembley, Middlesex HA9 0NS
Decision date: 17 March 2025
Full decision: Read on GOV.UK
Managing agent named in the decision: Wembley Properties Ltd (WPL).
What was challenged and what the tribunal decided
| Item | Demanded | Allowed | Outcome | Grounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other charges (2022) | £113,938.67 | £113,938.67 | Allowed in full | — |
| Other charges (2023) | £115,697.99 | £115,697.99 | Allowed in full | — |
| Other charges (2024) | £77,816.66 | £77,816.66 | Allowed in full | — |
| Major works (2022) | — | £0 | Disallowed entirely | Not payable under the lease |
Section 20C order: conditional.
Key passages (verbatim)
“Insurance costs incurred by the Respondent in the 2022, 2023, and 2024 service charge years were reasonably incurred and are payable in full by the Applicant”
“Insurance costs incurred by the Respondent in the 2022, 2023, and 2024 service charge years were reasonably incurred and are payable in full by the Applicant”
“Insurance costs incurred by the Respondent in the 2022, 2023, and 2024 service charge years were reasonably incurred and are payable in full by the Applicant”
“by virtue of Sch.8,para.2, Building Safety Act 2022, no service charges are payable by the Applicant in respect of works to remedy the relevant defects”
“Mr Azeemi was clearly mistaken on this point because, as he points out in the following paragraph of his statement, ORSA had been instructed in August 2020.”
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.