Scott Cohen are solicitors for the Block Management Industry. We specialise in the range of matters affecting Leasehold Management and serve a diverse clientele in the competitive Leasehold property market. Our work ranges from assisting commercial Landlords seeking comprehensive legal counsel to Right to Manage Companies, Block Management Companies, and lessee-owned/controlled freehold vehicles with complex property concerns. Our workload involves the full range of matters arising from Leasehold management to include claims involving the Right to Manage, the Building Safety Act, Breaches of Lease, and Ground Rent and Service Charge Recovery. Our team is made up of personnel who have worked in property law and in-house within Block Management Companies for over 18 years, equipping us with first-hand knowledge of the intricacies and practicalities of Block Management. This combination of practical and legal experience enables a highly skilled and cost-efficient approach to each instruction and effective outcomes for our clients.
Why Block Management Companies Choose Us…
Niche Experience
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- Leasehold litigation is what we do, all day, every day. Our wealth of experience in this niche area of law has been developed over years of instructions in the range of matters affecting Block Management. These range from assisting clients with Service Charge disputes, Right to Manage claims and now more frequently matters arising from the Building Safety Act (see our services page for more detail on our work).
- Our Principal Solicitor, Ms. Scott, is uniquely placed to give expert advice through nearly two decades of experience with Block Management companies and working for a variety of external clients within the Leasehold property industry.
Block Management Expertise
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- Each member of our team is handpicked for their expertise and unique skills, leading to a wealth of knowledge of all things Block Management.
- Having started her career in-house at a Block Management Company, Ms. Scott has appeared in numerous Leasehold Valuation Tribunal (forerunner to the First Tier Tribunal Property Chamber) cases. Her experience going through the rounds on Service Charge disputes makes her the ideal representative for Block Management Companies seeking to recover Service Charge Arrears.
- The Scott Cohen Solicitors team has an intricate knowledge of the Block Management industry from inside out. Our critical understanding with the process of service charge accounting, the issue of demands, and the challenges faced by Property Managers, is a key factor in our efficient and effective assessment of your instructions.
- Our years of experience in Block Management helps us to communicate effectively with all sides of any landlord and tenant dispute. We understand our client’s processes and the evidence required to obtain practical and positive outcomes for our clients.
Forerunners in Cases which have shaped the landscape of Block Management
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- Ms. Scott has been involved in a number of landmark cases which have contributed to the landscape of Leasehold litigation at all levels, whether expanding the framework for recovery of legal fees within the Service Charge (Assethold Ltd v Watts and Ors [2014] UKUT 0537 (LC)); clarifying the Landlord information to be contained in demands (Triplerose Limited v (1) Grantglen Ltd (2) Cane Developments Ltd [2012] UKUT 204 (LC)); or looking at jurisdiction issues in relation to the FTT’s powers to determine administration charges (Avon Freeholds Ltd v Garnier [2016] UKUT 477 (LC)).
- In the field of Right to Manage, Ms. Scott has acted on a significant proportion of reported cases which includes the Landmark Court of Appeal Decision of Triplerose Ltd v Ninety Broomfield Road RTM Co Ltd, Freehold Managers (Nominees) Ltd v Garner Court RTM Co Ltd, Proxima GR Properties Ltd v Holybrook RTM Co Ltd [2015] EWCA Civ 282, which overturned prior case law and established that the Right to Manage could not be exercised on multiple buildings. Cases conducted by Scott Cohen have clarified the rules in relation to the definition of qualifying Tenants, the service of Notices inviting Participation, methods of service of the Claim, and rules relating to the calculation of accrued uncommitted Service Charges.
- Scott Cohen Solicitors undertakes numerous instructions in the full range of applications before the First Tier Tribunal, to include the emerging cases under the Building Safety Act and remains actively involved in litigation developments in the range of matters affecting Leasehold Management.
