Marshall Dixon and others v Wellington Close Management Ltd

The Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 gives the LVT power to vary residential leases. It can do this if, inter alia, the requisite majority of leaseholders agree and no-more than the specified minority object (s.37). The key provision is s.37(5), which provides that, in a building with more than eight leases, an application “shall only be made” if it is not opposed be more than 10% of the leaseholders and supported by at least 75%.