Court backs leaseholders and government in key cases on Building ...

Adriatic Land 5 Ltd v Long Leaseholders at Hippersley Point — [2025] WLR(D) 361

LANDLORD AND TENANT — Repairs — Service charge — Building requiring extensive fire risk remedial works — Landlord seeking to recover costs of repairs from long leaseholders by way of service charge and applying for order dispensing with consultation requirements — Tribunal granting dispensation order but concluding building safety legislation preventing landlord form recovering costs of dispensation application from leaseholders by way of servic…

Damp cycle ride on a Saturday morning leads to Building Safety Act victory in Court of Appeal - Leasehold Knowledge Partnership

The first challenge in the Court of Appeal to the Building Safety Act – and its associated costs – has resulted in a victory for the leaseholders. Which is good news for the flat owners – mostly buy-to-letters – who had had £7,000 added to the service charge by the anonymous investors in Adriatic Land, £5,500 of them demanded after the relevant provisions of the BSA came into force. Of course, Adriatic Land is back again in court next week for t…

Court backs leaseholders and government in key cases on Building ...

Build-to-rent developer Get Living told to reimburse millions in one of two judgements issued by Court of Appeal