Clarity on qualifying works
Seitler, Jonathan
Clarity on qualifying works - 2014 - Estates Gazette (1445) 8 November 2014, 108-110(3) .
Explains why the Court of Appeal decision in Phillips v Francis is positive news for landlords and tenants. This decision provides clarity on the questions of what the £250 tenant thresold relates to for the purposes of consultation with residential tenants under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985. The Court has confirmed that a single set of qualifying works should be determined in a common sense way regarding whether items of work are subject to the same contract, done at more or less the same time or are otherwise connected or of similar character.
SERVICE CHARGES
PHILLIPS V FRANCIS
Clarity on qualifying works - 2014 - Estates Gazette (1445) 8 November 2014, 108-110(3) .
Explains why the Court of Appeal decision in Phillips v Francis is positive news for landlords and tenants. This decision provides clarity on the questions of what the £250 tenant thresold relates to for the purposes of consultation with residential tenants under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985. The Court has confirmed that a single set of qualifying works should be determined in a common sense way regarding whether items of work are subject to the same contract, done at more or less the same time or are otherwise connected or of similar character.
SERVICE CHARGES
PHILLIPS V FRANCIS