Index card Daejan Investments Ltd v Benson

Hearings

27 Nov 2009 [2009] UKUT 233 (LC) [2010] 2 P&CR 116, UT

28 Jan 2011 [2011] EWCA Civ 38; [2011] 1 WLR 2330; [2011] WLR (D) 24, CA

06 Mar 2013 [2013] UKSC 14; [2013] 1 WLR 854; [2013] 2 All ER 375; [2013] WLR (D) 94; Case details, SC(E)

Subject Matter

COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION) — Appeal from Upper Tribunal — Scope of appeal — Leasehold valuation tribunal deciding consultation requirements in respect of service charges not complied with and refusing to dispense with requirements — Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) dismissing landlord’s appeal — Landlord’s further appeal to Court of Appeal — Whether Court of Appeal’s consideration confined to review of Upper Tribunal’s decision — Whether to consider whether leasehold valuation tribunal erred in law — Relevance of views of Upper Tribunal — Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007, ss 13, 14

[2011] EWCA Civ 38; [2011] 1 WLR 2330; [2011] WLR (D) 24, CA

LANDLORD AND TENANT — Covenant — Service charge — Landlord proceeding with building work without first giving all required information on competing tenders to tenants — Tenants applying for determination of service charge payable — Tribunal finding landlord in breach of statutory requirement to consult with tenants before carrying out works — Tribunal refusing landlord’s application to dispense with consultation requirements — Whether decision on dispensation to be made by reference to actual prejudice suffered by tenants or to extent of culpability of landlord — Whether open to tribunal to make dispensation order on terms — Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 (as amended by Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002, s 151), ss 20(1), 20ZA(1) — Service Charges (Consultation Requirements) (England) Regulations 2003, Sch 4, Pt 2, paras 4(5), 5

[2011] EWCA Civ 38; [2011] 1 WLR 2330; [2011] WLR (D) 24, CA

[2013] UKSC 14; [2013] 1 WLR 854; [2013] 2 All ER 375; [2013] WLR (D) 94; Case details, SC(E)

Appellate History

Daejan Investments Ltd v Benson [2011] EWCA Civ 38; [2011] 1 WLR 2330; [2011] WLR (D) 24, CA

Decision of the Court of Appeal reversed

Daejan Investments Ltd v Benson [2013] UKSC 14; [2013] 1 WLR 854; [2013] 2 All ER 375; [2013] WLR (D) 94; Case details, SC(E)

Daejan Investments Ltd v Benson [2010] 2 P&CR 116, UT

Decision of the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) affirmed

Daejan Investments Ltd v Benson [2011] EWCA Civ 38; [2011] 1 WLR 2330; [2011] WLR (D) 24, CA

Legislation Considered

Statutes

Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c 15), ss 13, 14

Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 (c 70), ss 20(1), 20ZA(1) (as inserted)

Statutory Instruments

Service Charges (Consultation Requirements) (England) Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/1987), Sch 4, Pt 2, paras 4(5), 5

Cases Cited

Cases cited in: Daejan Investments Ltd v Benson [2011] EWCA Civ 38; [2011] 1 WLR 2330; [2011] WLR (D) 24, CA

Associated British Ports v C H Bailey Plc [1990] 2 AC 703; [1990] 2 WLR 812; [1990] 1 All ER 929; The Times, 23 March 1990, HL(E)

Cain v Francis [2008] EWCA Civ 1451; [2009] QB 754; [2009] 3 WLR 551; [2009] 2 All ER 579; [2009] RTR 212, CA

Camden London Borough Council v Leaseholders of 37 Flats at 30–40, Grafton Way (unreported) 30 June 2008, Lands Tribunal

Cresswell v Hodgson [1951] 2 KB 92, CA

Datec Electronic Holdings Ltd v United Parcels Service Ltd [2007] UKHL 23; [2007] 1 WLR 1325; [2007] Bus LR 1291; [2007] 4 All ER 765; [2007] 2 All ER (Comm) 1067; [2007] 2 Lloyd's Rep 114; [2007] RTR 40; [2007] 1 CLC 720; The Times, 18 May 2007, HL(E)

ESS Production Ltd (In Administration) v Sully [2005] EWCA Civ 554, CA

Eltham Properties Ltd v Kenny [2008] L & TR 238

FA (Iraq) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWCA Civ 827, CA

Hartley v Birmingham City District Council [1992] 1 WLR 968; [1992] 2 All ER 213, CA

Hyman v Rose [1912] AC 623, HL

Majorstake Ltd v Curtis [2008] UKHL 10; [2008] AC 787; [2007] 1 WLR 319; [2008] 2 WLR 338; [2008] 2 All ER 303, HL(E)

Martin v Maryland Estates Ltd [1999] 2 EGLR 53, CA

Paddington Basin Developments Ltd v West End Quay Estate Management Ltd [2010] EWHC 833 (Ch); [2010] 1 WLR 2735, Ch D

R (Cart) v Upper Tribunal (Public Law Project intervening) [2010] EWCA Civ 859; [2011] QB 120; [2011] 2 WLR 36; [2011] PTSR 42; [2010] 4 All ER 714; [2010] STC 2556; [2010] WLR (D) 198, CA

R v Brent London Borough Council, Ex parte Gunning (1985) 84 LGR 168; The Times, 30 April 1985, QBD

R v Devon County Council, Ex p Baker [1995] 1 All ER 73; 91 LGR 479, CA

R v Tower Hamlets London Borough Council, Ex p Chetnik Developments Ltd [1988] AC 858; [1987] 1 WLR 606d; [1988] 2 WLR 654; [1988] 1 All ER 961; 86 LGR 321, HL(E)

Railtrack Plc (In Railway Administration) v Guinness Ltd [2003] EWCA Civ 188, CA

Revenue and Customs Comrs v Cassells [2008] EWHC 3180 (Ch); [2009] STC 1047, Ch D

Ruddy v Oakfern Properties Ltd [2006] EWCA Civ 1389; [2007] Ch 335; [2007] 3 WLR 524; [2007] 1 All ER 337, CA

Whitehouse v Lee [2009] EWCA Civ 375; [2010] HLR 192, CA

Wilson v Stone [1998] 2 EGLR 155

Cases cited in: Daejan Investments Ltd v Benson [2013] UKSC 14; [2013] 1 WLR 854; [2013] 2 All ER 375; [2013] WLR (D) 94; Case details, SC(E)

Cadogan v McGirk [1996] 4 All ER 643, CA

Camden London Borough Council v Leaseholders of 37 Flats at 30–40 Grafton Way (unreported) 30 June 2008, Lands Tribunal

Cooke v Secretary of State for Social Security [2001] EWCA Civ 734; [2002] 3 All ER 279, CA

Egerton v Jones [1939] 2 KB 702, CA

Eltham Properties Ltd v Kenny [2008] L & TR 238

Factors (Sundries) Ltd v Miller [1952] 2 All ER 630, CA

Howard v Fanshawe [1895] 2 Ch 581, Ch D

John v Rees [1970] Ch 345; [1969] 2 WLR 1294; [1969] 2 All ER 274, Ch D

Martin v Maryland Estates Ltd [1999] 2 EGLR 53, CA

Paddington Basin Developments Ltd v West End Quay Estate Management Ltd [2010] EWHC 833 (Ch); [2010] 1 WLR 2735, Ch D

R (Cart) v Upper Tribunal (Public Law Project intervening) [2011] UKSC 28; [2012] 1 AC 663; [2011] 3 WLR 107; [2011] PTSR 1053; [2011] 4 All ER 127; [2011] STC 1659; [2012] 1 FLR 997; [2011] WLR (D) 203; Case details, SC(E)

Ravat v Halliburton Manufacturing and Services Ltd [2012] UKSC 1; [2012] ICR 389; 2012 SC (UKSC) 265; [2012] 2 All ER 905; [2012] WLR (D) 24; Case details, SC

Stenau Properties Ltd v Leek [2011] UKUT 478 (LC); [2012] L & TR 350, UT

Subsequent Consideration

Cases subsequently considering: Daejan Investments Ltd v Benson [2013] UKSC 14; [2013] 1 WLR 854; [2013] 2 All ER 375; [2013] WLR (D) 94; Case details, SC(E)