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Landlord and Tenant: Service charges

Series: Estates Gazette Case Summaries ; [2001] EGCS 8 (27 January 2001)Publication details: 2001Subject(s): Summary: ChD 12 January 2001. Claimants (A) rented parts of a modern office building equipped with an extensive air conditioning system from B. The leases required B to provide air conditioning and other services and to maintain equipment. B decided to upgrade the system and demanded £2m under the service charge provisions. B was relying on extended wording of repairing covenant and express power to make reasonable additions and variations to services. A objected, on the grounds that the works intended to be done on the air conditioning system were largely unnecessary. A's objections were largely upheld.

ChD 12 January 2001. Claimants (A) rented parts of a modern office building equipped with an extensive air conditioning system from B. The leases required B to provide air conditioning and other services and to maintain equipment. B decided to upgrade the system and demanded £2m under the service charge provisions. B was relying on extended wording of repairing covenant and express power to make reasonable additions and variations to services. A objected, on the grounds that the works intended to be done on the air conditioning system were largely unnecessary. A's objections were largely upheld.