LON/00BK/LSC/2017/0296 — service charge decision
In LON/00BK/LSC/2017/0296, decided 23 March 2021, the First-tier Tribunal considered 2 disputed service charge items at Ivor Court, Gloucester Place, London, NW1 6BJ and reached a mixed result: 1 item was reduced or disallowed. Full decision on GOV.UK below.
Property: Ivor Court, Gloucester Place, London, NW1 6BJ
Decision date: 23 March 2021
Full decision: Read on GOV.UK
What was challenged and what the tribunal decided
| Item | Demanded | Allowed | Outcome | Grounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legal & professional costs | £1,500 | £1,750 | Allowed in full | — |
| Legal & professional costs | £20,542 | £3,010.80 | Reduced | Costs unreasonably incurred (s19(1)(a)), Other grounds |
Key passages (verbatim)
“I consider an order should be made in respect of the costs of his attendance on the first day of the hearing. Mr Byers' invoice for doing so amounts to £1,500 plus VAT.”
“The amount that Mr Moorjani is ordered to pay is 20% of £15,054, namely £3,010.80, plus £1,750 in respect of the attendance of Mr Byers at the hearing on 5 November 2018.”
“his challenge to virtually all heads of the Major Works expenditure in issue as unmeasured and lacking in focus”
“his 'historic neglect' arguments were unmeritorious and unsupported by evidence”
“his challenge to virtually all heads of the Major Works expenditure in issue, and his pursuit of a misguided 'historic neglect' argument, are in my clear examples of a lay litigant who to fails to properly appreciate the strengths or weaknesses of their own, or their opponent's, case.”
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.