BBC features 50 Oxford City Council leaseholders facing £50,000 major works bill

Residents of Evenlode Tower have now banded together and formed a leaseholders’ association. They have also engaged barrister Matthew Fraser of Landmark Chambers to represent them when the case is heard later this year.

Mr Chambers said the hearing at the Property Chamber would establish whether service charges were recoverable by the council based on their leases, and whether it was ‘reasonable’ for the council to do so. No date has yet been set for the tribunal.

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