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[2021] WLR(D) 403
Court of Appeal
East Tower Apartments Ltd v No 1 West India Quay (Residential) Ltd
[2021] EWCA Civ 1119
2021 April 15;
July 21
July 21
Underhill, Henderson, Dingemans LJJ
Landlord and tenant— Covenant— Service charges— Third party reading energy meters incurring costs— Tenants paying costs under covenant to pay outgoings— No contractually valid demand for such costs as service charges— Landlord seeking to re-allocate third party’s costs as general service charges within statutory time limit— Whether demand for payment of service charges to comply with service charges provisions of lease— Whether third party’s costs part of service charges provisions— Whether lease permitting landlord to recover proportionate share of costs of litigation—
Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 (c 70), s 20B(1)