Canary Riverside Estate Management Limited & Ors v J Abrahart & Ors

Decision date: 30 September 2025

Neutral citation: [2025] UKUT 320 (LC)

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Short overview

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This appeal concerned whether three respondents could recover costs after the appellants’ challenge to an FTT case-management decision was dismissed. The Tribunal held the respondents’ costs applications were filed outside the 14‑day limit in rule 10(10) but granted an 8‑day extension under rule 5(3) because the delay was trivial and caused no prejudice, and it found the appellants’ appeal had no real prospect of success given the required appellate restraint on case‑management decisions. Costs will be dealt with further in the judgment.

Ratio decidendi

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The judgment establishes that the 14‑day time limit in rule 10(10) runs from the date the Tribunal sends the decision notice that finally disposes of the proceedings (later provision of reasons does not alter that start date), and that the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) may extend procedural time limits under rule 5(3) where the delay is trivial and causes no prejudice.

Obiter dicta

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The Tribunal observed that appellate courts should show restraint in reviewing lower tribunals’ case‑management decisions and that an appeal is unlikely to succeed where an appellant seeks to change tactics not previously adopted before the lower tribunal; it also noted that parties should not assume CPR practice and timeframes apply unchanged in Lands Chamber proceedings.

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