MAN/00CA/HNA/2022/0060 — service charge decision
In MAN/00CA/HNA/2022/0060, decided 28 July 2023, the First-tier Tribunal considered 7 disputed service charge items at Apartment 5, Barkfield Mansions, 6A Wicks Lane, Formby, Liverpool and found largely for the landlord: 0 items were reduced or disallowed. Full decision on GOV.UK below.
Property: Apartment 5, Barkfield Mansions, 6A Wicks Lane, Formby, Liverpool
Decision date: 28 July 2023
Full decision: Read on GOV.UK
Managing agent named in the decision: HLM.
What was challenged and what the tribunal decided
| Item | Demanded | Allowed | Outcome | Grounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other charges (2016) | £1,914.35 | £1,914.35 | Allowed in full | — |
| Other charges (2017) | £1,664.58 | £1,664.58 | Allowed in full | — |
| Other charges (2018) | £1,664.55 | £1,664.55 | Allowed in full | — |
| Other charges (2019) | £1,715.73 | £1,715.73 | Allowed in full | — |
| Other charges (2020) | £2,727 | £2,727 | Allowed in full | — |
| Other charges (2021) | £1,974 | £1,974 | Allowed in full | — |
| Other charges (2022) | £2,412 | £2,412 | Allowed in full | — |
Section 20C order: refused.
Key passages (verbatim)
“1st January-31st December 2016 £1914.35”
“1st January-31st December 2017 £1664.58”
“1st January-31st December 2018 £1664.55”
“1st January-31st December 2019 £1715.73”
“1st January-31st December 2020 £2727.00”
“1st January-31st December 2021 £1974.00”
“The wording of Paragraph 1.1 of the Fourth Schedule to the Lease is indeed very badly drafted.”
“It almost seems as if two different forms of words from different precedent documents were amalgamated without proper forethought.”
“the solicitor who drafted the leases for the Estate in 2006, which set the template followed in the Lease itself, 'was not the finest draftsman.'”
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.