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Harassment and hot water for leaseholders

22/09/2019

Grateful thanks to September 2019 edition of Legal Action – Housing: recent developments for this one.

Whale and others v Maunder Taylor and Northwood Hall RTM Company LtdCounty Court at Central London, May 2019
Mr Maunder Taylor was an FTT-appointed manager of a block of flats.
Following his appointment, he decided to go ahead with a scheme to replace the communal heating an hot water supply to the block.
Some of the leaseholders objected and refused to allow access for works to connect them to the new system, so if the old heating system was switched off, they would not have heating.
Mr MT said he would be draining down and decommissioning the old system. A number of leaseholders then brought a  claim for an injunction against Mr MT to prevent this.
The injunction was granted and the leaseholders awarded damages to be assessed. The leases did not permit the new heating system to be imposed on the leaseholders, and the leases required that they were provided with  hot water and heating. Mr MT’s appointment as manager was subject to the terms of the leases.
Giles Peaker is a solicitor and partner in the Housing and Public Law team at Anthony Gold Solicitors in South London. You can find him on Linkedin and on Bluesky. (No longer on Twitter). Known as NL round these parts.

5 Comments

      • Giles Peaker

        Blimey, that is a rather more significant case than it appeared from the Legal Action note.

        Reply
  1. Richard Chubb

    Water sipply. Is that a supply that comes out very slowly ? Lol

    Reply

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