Recovering service charges under a lease: Court of Appeal provides clarification
The recent English Court of Appeal case of Sara & Hossein Asset Holdings v Blacks Outdoor Retail [2020] EWCA Civ 1521 is of interest to both landlords and tenants – particularly in respect of the amount payable under the service charge and the landlord’s ability to recover service charge arrears.
Service charges regularly become contentious in commercial leases, given that tenants are often responsible for large sums of money but also for landlords, who, depending on the lease, may be directly liable to the service providers for an overall service charge.
For further information please contact Stuart Nevin , Associate or a member of the ALG Belfast Litigation and Dispute Resolution team.
Date published: 20 January 2021