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Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 Rignt to manage
Lands Tribunal
Mr George Bartlett QC, president
26 October 2007
Right to manage - RTM company claiming right to manage part of a building on behalf of tenants - Chapter 1 of Part II of Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 - Appellant landlord disputing right - Whether premises comprising vertical division of a building as required by section 72(3)(a) - Leasehold valuation tribunal finding deviation from vertical not material and right to manage established - Appeal allowed
The appellant was the landlord of flats 1-16 in a property comprising one end of a purpose-built block that was interspersed with two-storey town houses. Flats 1-16 had their own separate entrance to the internal common parts and to the basement parking area, although the latter entrance, the security door and the two nearest parking spaces ran beneath the town house at no 17. The tenants of flats 1-16 claimed the right to manage the premises through a company...