LON/00BG/LSC/2025/0809 — service charge decision
In LON/00BG/LSC/2025/0809, decided 11 December 2025, the First-tier Tribunal considered 7 disputed service charge items at 37 Telegraph Place, Mill Quay, London, E14 9XA and reached a mixed result: 2 items were reduced or disallowed. Full decision on GOV.UK below.
Property: 37 Telegraph Place, Mill Quay, London, E14 9XA
Decision date: 11 December 2025
Full decision: Read on GOV.UK
What was challenged and what the tribunal decided
| Item | Demanded | Allowed | Outcome | Grounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Administration charges (2022-2024) | £1,122.13 | £450.13 | Reduced | Duplication of charges, Costs unreasonably incurred (s19(1)(a)), Landlord could not evidence the cost |
| Administration charges (2024) | £432 | £0 | Disallowed entirely | Costs unreasonably incurred (s19(1)(a)) |
| Administration charges (2022) | £24 | £0 | conceded | — |
| Administration charges (2024) | £30 | £0 | conceded | — |
| Legal & professional costs (2024) | £1,080 | — | Allowed in full | — |
| Reserve fund contributions (2024) | — | — | Allowed in full | — |
| Other charges (2024) | £936.37 | — | Allowed in full | — |
Key passages (verbatim)
“the sum of £240 incurred on 3 August 2022 for instructing PPDC was not reasonable because it appears to be a duplication of the costs incurred on 21 May 2024 and preceded the costs in issue.”
“the sum of £432 incurred on 21 May 2024 to instruct PDC was not reasonably incurred because on the following day the Applicant instructed its solicitors to pursue the outstanding balance owed by the Respondent.”
“The Applicant conceded that the Land Registry fee of £24 incurred on 2 August 2022 nor the Transfer Deed fee dated 22 July 2024 in the sum of £30 was not being pursued.”
“The Applicant conceded that the Land Registry fee of £24 incurred on 2 August 2022 nor the Transfer Deed fee dated 22 July 2024 in the sum of £30 was not being pursued.”
“Save for the amounts disallowed above, the Tribunal found that the remaining administration charges including the contractual legal costs were reasonable.”
“the Respondent agreed that the estimated service charges and reserve fund contribution claimed by the Applicant are due and payable by him.”
“the Applicant accepted that no invoices for the administration charges had been disclosed but maintained that the costs had been incurred and were payable by the Respondent.”
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.