Triplerose Limited v Holly Bowles & Ors.
Decision date: 5 August 2022
Neutral citation: [2022] UKUT 214 (LC)
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Short overview
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The freeholder appealed parts of an FTT decision on service charge reasonableness for 2014–2019 at Bridge Court. The UT held the FTT exceeded its jurisdiction by reducing cleaning and management charges beyond the one‑third proportions the leaseholders had expressly challenged, and substituted revised payable sums limited to the challenged proportions. The UT dismissed the appeal on the CCTV point, finding the FTT’s 50% disallowance adequately explained on the evidence.
Ratio decidendi
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A tribunal cannot determine the reasonableness of service charge sums in respect of amounts the tenant has admitted or agreed; where a tribunal reduces charges beyond the specific proportions pleaded by leaseholders, an appellate tribunal may set aside that reduction and substitute a determination confined to the challenged proportions.
Obiter dicta
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The judgment contained observations that parties should ensure Scott Schedules and pleadings accurately record concessions because such admissions constrain tribunal jurisdiction, and that evidence of CCTV use should be supported by specific records or correspondence showing frequency and effective use.
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