Property Patter: Service Charge miniseries: Variation of Residential Leases
In this episode Georgina Muskett, Senior Associate at Charles Russell Speechlys is joined by her colleague Harriet Durn, an associate specialising in Real Estate Disputes, and Kate Traynor, a specialist property barrister at Landmark Chambers. This episode covers the power of the Tribunal to vary residential leases, circumstances in which a landlord or leaseholder might seek to vary a lease (and examples of where the Tribunal has exercised it’s discretion in this area) and some practical takeaways to consider.
This podcast also considers the following decisions: 56 Westbourne Terrace RTM Company Limited v Polturak and Ors [2025] UKUT 88 (LC), Triplerose Ltd v Stride [2019] UKUT 99 (LC), Bath Ground Rent Estate Ltd v. Lessees of 1-8 Baden House (Unreported, CHI/00AH/LVT/2006/0005 LVT) and Sussex Property Development v. Amin (Unreported, CHI/00ML/LSC/2004/0003/LVT).
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