Sinclair Gardens Investments (Kensington) Limited v DARLASTON COURT RTM LIMITED

Decision date: 22 May 2015

Neutral citation: [2015] UKUT 277 (LC)

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This appeal concerned whether a single Right to Manage (RTM) company may acquire the right to manage more than one self-contained building and the validity of an LVT decision that Darlaston Court RTM Ltd could acquire rights over three blocks. The Upper Tribunal allowed Sinclair Gardens’ appeal, applying the Court of Appeal’s ruling that an RTM company may not acquire the right to manage more than one self-contained building, and set aside the LVT decision. Entitlement to costs under s.88(1) of the 2002 Act, if disputed, was to be determined by the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber).

Ratio decidendi

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The decision applies the Court of Appeal’s conclusion that a single RTM company may not acquire the right to manage more than one self-contained building; where a higher court’s authority clearly undermines the legal basis of an LVT decision, that decision may be set aside on appeal.

Obiter dicta

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The tribunal noted that disputes over entitlement to costs under s.88(1) of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 are appropriately determined by the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber). The notes also record procedural observations about correspondence and the respondent’s lack of current instructions, but these were not substitutes for substantive determination.

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