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Leaseholders at a retirement development in Plymouth have taken control of the future management of the premises following a three-year Right to Manage battle.
The Court of Appeal’s rejection of the latest appeal by landlord Avon Freeholds Limited, means Regent Court RTM Co Ltd now has the statutory right to manage. And, according to Sussex-based Right to Manage Federation (RTMF), which assisted the leaseholders throughout the process, this is not only a significant victory for leaseholders of Regent Court, it is a landmark case that will benefit thousands of others seeking RTM in the future. It is hoped that the judgement will deter litigious landlords from seeking to obstruct and delay RTM due to loopholes and ambiguities in the law.
RTMF’s Managing Director, Dudley Joiner said: “Far too many RTM cases are being opposed on increasingly tenuous and sometimes obscure points. This is seen as a deliberate ploy by some landlords to frustrate what should be a statutory right and no fault process. It is a credit to the leaseholders of Regent Court, many of whom are elderly, that they remained co-ordinated and determined throughout the lengthy process to acquire RTM”.
Following a process of competitive tender, Regent Court RTM Co Ltd chose to appoint the Kingsdale Group to manage the premises on their behalf from March 1, 2014.
Kingsdale’s Managing Director, William Butchart said: “We believe it is absolutely right that the people who receive and pay for services had the opportunity to select the company that would subsequently be responsible for providing those services. This empowerment of leaseholders is a fundamental and long-overdue change to the prevailing landlord/tenant relationship.”