ALEXANDER VOYVODA v GROSVENOR WEST END PROPERTIES 32 GROSVENOR SQUARE LIMITED
Decision date: 25 July 2013
Neutral citation: [2013] UKUT 334 (LC)
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Short overview
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This appeal reheard the valuation uplift to apply to the intermediate landlord's reversion of three combined flats in a well‑run Prime Central London block. The sole issue was whether an extra 0.25% "Zuckerman" uplift (over the Sportelli 0.25%) was warranted; the Tribunal found Daejan removed the basis for that extra uplift in this factual context and dismissed the appeal, leaving the LVT valuation and the agreed capitalised service‑charge deficit deduction intact.
Ratio decidendi
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The Tribunal concluded that, in the aftermath of Daejan, the market perception of the catastrophic management liability risk that originally justified the additional 0.25% Zuckerman uplift is materially reduced, so that the Sportelli 0.25% uplift will ordinarily suffice for well‑managed PCL flats; an extra uplift is only proper where, on the particular facts, the market would perceive a materially raised management‑liability risk not addressed by Sportelli.
Obiter dicta
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The judgment indicates that factors such as very high capital values in PCL, established professional managing agents and purchaser sophistication mitigate management risk and may argue against generic uplifts; and that a specific, costed allowance for actual non‑recoverable service charges can make applying a further generic risk uplift double counting.