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001			ABS65749
008			020802n2002 000 0 eng u
035			_a(Sirsi) u119167
245			_aMaunder Taylor v Blaquire
260			_c2002
490			_aEstates Gazette _v[2002] 30 EG 135-139 (5)
520			_aCC 14 June 2002. Claimant (M) was appointed manager of a block of flats by the leasehold valuation tribunal (LVT) under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 as the landlord was in administrative receivership. M claimed arrears of service charges against defendant tenant (B) who counter-claimed for damages for disrepair. B contended that M as manager owed the same duties of repair as the landlord under the flat's lease and he would be liable for the breach of obligations from the date of his appointment. Furthermore B was entitled to set off his claim for damages against the service charge claim. "Held" The manager did not owe the tenant the duty of, or equivalent to, that owed by the landlord and that the imposition of such duties would be inconsistent with the scheme under Part XI of the 1987 Act. The set-off of damages against service charges would be inequitable as the funds held by the manager were subject to statutory trust against which it would not be appropriate to allow a set-off.
590			_aABS
650			_aLANDLORD AND TENANT ACT 1987
650			_aSERVICE CHARGES
650			_aREPAIRING COVENANTS
650			_aMAUNDER TAYLOR V BLAQUIRE
650			_aLEASEHOLD VALUATION TRIBUNALS
650			_aSET-OFF
690			_aLANDLORD AND TENANT-CASE LAW
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999			_c70887 _d70887