Recovery of costs in service charge disputes. Jonathan Upton, Tanfield Chambers

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1 Recovery of costs in service charge disputes Jonathan Upton, Tanfield Chambers This article considers in what circumstances costs in service charge disputes in the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) 1 ( the Tribunal ) can be recovered. The Tribunal s powers Rule 13 of the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Property Chamber) Rules introduced a new rule on orders for costs, reimbursement of fees and interest on costs. The rule provides that, in a leasehold case 3, the Tribunal may make an order in respect of costs only if a person has acted unreasonably in bringing, defending or conducting proceedings. This test is arguably narrower than the previous test which provided that the LVT had no power to award costs other than when an application was dismissed as frivolous or vexatious, or otherwise an abuse of process or a party has acted frivolously, vexatiously, abusively, disruptively or otherwise unreasonably in connection with the proceedings. In such circumstances the costs were capped at 500: para 10 of Sch 12 to the CLRA Importantly, however, the 500 cap has gone. A landlord may, however, be able to recover legal costs under the lease. A landlord s contractual right to legal costs was not restricted by para 10(4) of Sch 12 to CLRA 2002: Schilling v Canary Riverside, unreported, Land Tribunal LRX/65/2005. The same reasoning must also apply under the new rules. 1 The LVT in Wales 2 Para 10 of Sch 12 to the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act ( CLRA ) 2002 still applies in Wales 3 This includes cases in respect of which the Tribunal has jurisdiction under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985

2 Costs recoverable from an individual lessee Leases commonly provide that legal costs may be recovered directly from a defaulting tenant. Ordinary contractual principles apply. The terms of the lease must be clear and unambiguous but, in such cases, there should be little difficulty in recovering costs. In the absence of such a clear provision, it is often argued that legal costs in service charge disputes are recoverable under the standard forfeiture clause (e.g. the lessee covenants to pay all expenses, including solicitors costs and surveyors fees, incurred by the lessor incidental to the preparation and service of a notice under section 146 of the Law of Property Act 1925 notwithstanding that forfeiture is avoided otherwise than by relief granted by the Court ). In Escalus Properties Ltd v Robinson [1996] Q.B. 231 the Court of Appeal held that where the terms of the lease provide that the service charge should be payable as additional rent, it invests the charge with the character of rent. Thus, by s.146(11) of the Law of Property Act 1925 (which provides that the section does not apply to forfeiture for non-payment of rent), it was not necessary to serve a s.146 notice before forfeiting a lease for unpaid service charges reserved as rent. This being the case, where the service charge was reserved as rent, legal costs of service charge disputes in the LVT were not recoverable under provisions relating to the recovery of costs in respect of forfeiture: the costs of service charge disputes could not be said to be costs incidental to the preparation and service of a s.146 notice. The position changed following the decision in Freeholders of 69 Marina, St Leonards-on-Sea v Oram [2011] EWCA Civ 1258; [2012] H.L.R. 12 (CA (Civ Div)). In that case, the Chancellor (Sir Andrew Morritt) purported to suggest that, in every case where service charges are recoverable as rent following agreement or determination, the landlord must serve a s.146 notice before it can forfeit. The decision itself has not escaped criticism but until the law is clarified it is arguable

3 that, in some circumstances, proceedings to determine the service charge payable would be incidental to the preparation and service of a s.146 notice. In Freeholders of 69 Marina the district judge, circuit judge and the Court of Appeal were satisfied that the costs fell incidental to, or in contemplation of the preparation and service of proceedings under s.146 (although it is not clear from the report if any evidence was led on the landlord s intention to forfeit). The LVT has, however, held that the mere fact that an application is made to the LVT does not in itself signify that the landlord intends to bring forfeiture proceedings: see 4 Burton Villas, BN3 6FN (CHI/OOML/LAC/2007/003). In that case, notwithstanding that a s.146 notice was served, costs evidenced by solicitors invoices and counsel s fee note were held not to be recoverable where the invoices and fee note did not explicitly refer to forfeiture proceedings. The intention to forfeit must be held before proceedings are commenced. Evidence of such intention can easily be given in a witness statement made by the landlord and/or its solicitor. It is very unlikely, however, that service of a s.146 notice is required before costs are recoverable under a standard forfeiture clause: proceedings in contemplation of service of a s.146 notice should suffice. It should be remembered that, in the case of dwelling houses, legal costs recovered directly from a defaulting tenant (or under a standard forfeiture cause) are an administration charge within the meaning of para 1 of Sch 11 to CLRA A demand for the payment of an administration charge must be accompanied by a summary of the rights and obligations of tenants. This also means that the costs are subject to the test of reasonableness. Costs recoverable through the service charge Where a landlord is unable to recover costs directly from the defaulting tenant, the landlord may seek to recover the costs through the service charge. The terms of the lease must be clear and unambiguous. By example, in Sella House Ltd v Mears [1989] 1 EGLR 65, it was held that a provision: (1) To employ at the Third Company's discretion a firm of Managing Agents and Chartered Accountants to manage the Building and discharge all proper

4 fees salaries charges and expenses payable to such agents or such other person who may be managing the Building including the cost of computing and collecting the rents in respect of the Building or any parts thereof ; and (2) To employ all such surveyors builders architects engineers tradesmen accountants or other professional persons as may be necessary or desirable for the proper maintenance safety and administration of the Building did not allow for the recovery of legal costs. Sella House was followed, albeit reluctantly, by the Lands Chamber in Greening v Castelnau Mansions Limited [2011] UKUT 326 (LC). In St Marys Mansions Ltd v Limegate Investments Co Ltd [2002] EWCA Civ 1491; [2003] 05 EG 146, the landlord sought to rely upon clauses in the lease entitling it to recover the costs of all other services which the lessor may at its absolute discretion provide and for the reasonable and proper fees for the collection of rents and general management of the building. The Court of Appeal held that neither of these provisions was sufficient to allow the landlord to recover its legal costs. Conclusion The combined effect of Rule 13 and various court decisions is that the recovery of legal costs in service charge disputes in the Tribunal is severely restricted to cases in which the terms of the lease clearly and unambiguously allow recovery. Even then, the Tribunal has the power under s.20c of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 to order that all or any of the costs incurred by the landlord in connection with any proceedings are not to be regarded as relevant costs to be taken into account in determining the amount of any service charge payable. The ordinary rules on litigation costs apply to court proceedings in respect of service charge disputes. Landlords confident in the merits of their case may prefer to issue court proceedings rather than a s.27a application in the Tribunal in the hope that, as the successful party, they will obtain a costs order. These costs would not be a variable administration charge and so would not need to be demanded with a summary of the rights and obligations of tenants and would not be susceptible to challenge on the basis of reasonableness. The practice of many courts is, however,

5 to automatically transfer standard service charge disputes to the Tribunal pursuant to para 3 of Sch 12 to CLRA JONATHAN UPTON TANFIELD CHAMBERS FEBRUARY 2014

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