Leaseholders of Foundling Court and O’Donnell Court v The Mayor & Burgesses of the London Borough of Camden & Others

Summary

A superior landlord intending to carry out qualifying works or to enter into a Qualifying Long Term Agreement (‘QLTA’) must consult each of its direct tenants of a dwelling (or dwellings) and each of its own tenants’ sub-tenants of a dwelling (or dwellings) who would be liable to contribute towards the costs of the works.  The freeholder in this case had consulted its immediate tenant – an intermediate landlord – but not that tenant’s sub-tenants and had therefore failed to comply with the statutory consultation requirements.