Decision summary

LON/00BK/LSC/2022/0313 — service charge decision

In LON/00BK/LSC/2022/0313, decided 10 April 2023, the First-tier Tribunal considered 4 disputed service charge items at 58 Maitland Court, Lancaster Terrace, London W2 3PE and reached a mixed result: 2 items were reduced or disallowed. Full decision on GOV.UK below.

Property: 58 Maitland Court, Lancaster Terrace, London W2 3PE
Decision date: 10 April 2023
Full decision: Read on GOV.UK

Managing agent named in the decision: Fortune Block Management Ltd.

What was challenged and what the tribunal decided

ItemDemandedAllowedOutcomeGrounds
Other charges (2019-2022)£259.74£259.74Allowed in fullSection 20B 18-month time limit
Other charges (2018)£474.17£0Disallowed entirelySection 20B 18-month time limit
Other charges (2019)£315.59£0Disallowed entirelySection 20B 18-month time limit
Other charges (2020)£804.23£804.23Allowed in full—

Section 20C order: refused.

Key passages (verbatim)

“This relates to 6 shortfall amounts, each of £43.29 totalling £259.74. The Tribunal finds these payable.”
On other charges
“In terms of the Further Interim Charges, the applicants accepted in this event that only the 2020 amount could be payable.”
On other charges
“In terms of the Further Interim Charges, the applicants accepted in this event that only the 2020 amount could be payable.”
On other charges
“It therefore finds the sum of £804.23 also payable.”
On other charges
“he did at one point say that invoices would have been emailed and then stated that someone in the office would have posted the invoices to respondent.”
Of (managing agent witness)

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.