Highly charged case news

Ross, Jonathan

Highly charged case news - 2009 - Property Week 75(25) 19 June 2009, 56(1) .

Clarifies the steps that managing residential agents need to take to recover service charges and expenditure on key works or under long-term agreements. Peabody Trust (PT) disputed Paddington Walk Management's (PWM) claim of £160 000 for services charges because of the lateness of claims and lack of consultation. "Held": judgment in favour of PT on the points of lateness and lack of consultation. Managing companies must comply strictly with the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985.


PADDINGTON WALK MANAGEMENT V GOVERNORS OF PEABODY TRUST
LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT 1985


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