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During our long relationship, JB Leitch has become part of our core team. Their Landlord and Tenant advice is authoritative and clear, and they understand our sector inside out. Their credit control service is highly effective, but also sensitive to the wider relationship we have with our leaseholders
Tim Wilson - Managing Director - E&J Estates
We have worked with JB Leitch for many years now. Their knowledge surrounding the legalities and technicalities of Service Charge collection is excellent and their approach is always helpful and professional.

During this particularly challenging time they continue to provide invaluable support by remaining easily contactable, sending regular reports and offering solutions to any problems that may arise.

Therina Crowley AMInstLM - Service Charge Arrears and Apprentice Supervisor - Encore
We have a strong and well-established working relationship with JB Leitch, having worked with them over a long period of time.

They have a good grasp on the nuances of residential property management so are well-placed to provide specialist advice and assistance on a wide range of issues affecting our industry.

They continue to provide invaluable support to our business, operating in many ways as a seamless extension to our in-house legal team.
Mairead McErlean - Legal Counsel - FirstPort
Over the last five years we have built a solid relationship with JB Leitch, they have provided us with a remarkable ground rent collection service for our freehold property portfolio on criteria and non-criteria debts. They provide a fast, effective recovery of our stand alone Ground Rent and also through their bolt-on Service Charge recovery by liaising with multiple managing agents on our behalf.
Bernadette Jones - General Manager - HomeGround Management Ltd
JB Leitch are simply excellent. It is good to know that we are dealing with a market leading firm who provide superb quality up-to-date advice. When we give JB Leitch an instruction, whether a routine enfranchisement or a complex leasehold query they always deliver. They are highly responsive, professional and have a great team. A pleasure to do business with!
Jenny Jackson-Shilling - Director - The Freehold Group

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Breach of Covenant: JB Leitch Succeeds in Strike Out Application on the Grounds That the Upper Tribunal Does Not Have Jurisdiction

Right to Manage: Whether a Leaseholder Was Classed as a Qualifying Tenant During the “Registration Gap” (Avon Freeholds Limited v Cresta Court E RTM Company Ltd – 2024)

Service Charges: Rule 13 & Determination as to What May Constitute “Unreasonable Conduct” (Zaid Alothman Holdings Ltd and others v Better Intelligent Management Ltd and another – 2024)

Jurisdiction & Costs: Definitive Ruling as to Definition of “Unreasonably” Under Rule 13 of the Tribunal Rules (Lea and others v GP Ilfracombe Management Co Ltd – 2024)

S.20C Orders: JB Leitch Successfully Appeals s.20C Order Made by First-tier Tribunal on Behalf of Freeholder Client

The Meaning of Contractual Reasonableness: Issues to be Decided by the Court of Appeal

Civil Procedure: Whether the Court was Right to Strike Out a Claim Due to Delays Caused by its Own Processes (Keith v Benka and Another – 2023)

New Rankings Success Positions JB Leitch as “Real Specialists”

Rights of First Refusal: Whether Qualifying Tenants are Entitled to Acquire the Freehold of an Estate Containing Multiple Buildings

Service Charge: Whether Costs of Works Commissioned by a Leaseholder Were Recoverable Through the Service Charge (Thirty One Crescent Grove Ltd v Atherden – 2024)

Service Charge: Whether a Landlord Had Conducted Adequate Statutory Consultation with Leaseholders (Ambercrown Ltd v Perrett and another – 2024)

JB Leitch Success in Complex High Court Proceedings

The JB Leitch Team’s Worthy Goals

Whether an Earlier Settlement Agreement Prevented a Landlord from Seeking Forfeiture (29 Buckland Crescent Management Company Ltd v White – 2024)

“Voidable…But Not Void’ A New Paradigm for Non-Compliance with Statutory Procedure? (A1 Properties (Sunderland) Ltd v Tudor Studios RTM Co. Ltd – 2023)

Breach of Covenant: Whether Acceptance of Rent by an Agent Amounted to a Waiver of Breach of Lease (The Tropical Zoo Ltd v Hounslow LBC – 2024)

Repairing Obligations: Whether a Landlord Was Entitled to Undertake Repairs Using a System Which Required Additional Apparatus (Triplark Ltd v Calvert and others – 2024)

Building Safety: Grant of a Remediation Order Where a Landlord Has Been Proactive in Dealing with Fire Safety Issues (Di Bari and others v Avon Ground Rents Ltd – 2024)

Rational or Reasonable? A Recent Case Highlights Clarifies the Meaning of Contractual Reasonableness.

Adverse Possession: Whether a Failure to Speak Prevented a Defendant from Asserting Title to a Loft Space (Massouri v Omani Estates Ltd – 2024)

An Important Building Safety Case Which Provides a New Process for Determining Service Charges Payable Under Leaseholder Protections

Service Charges: The Legal Implications of a Tenant Paying Service Charges Demanded (Poplar Housing and Regeneration Community Association Ltd v Khan – 2024)

Property Management: Whether a Property Management Company Owed a Tenant a Duty of Care in Respect of Independent Contractors (Shamsan v 44-49 Lowndes Square Management Company Ltd – 2024)

Court of Appeal to Review Whether Service by Post of Prescribed Information Invalidated S.21 Notice (D’Aubigny v Khan & Anor – 2023)

The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024

Property Management: Whether a Manager Appointed by the FTT Can Be an “Accountable Person” Under the Building Safety Act 2022 (Unsdorfer v Octagon Overseas Limited and Others – 2024)

Service Charge: Whether an Application for Determination Should Have Been Struck Out Where the Relevant Period Related to an Earlier Application (Connell and another v Beal Developments Ltd and others – 2024)

Service Charge: Whether Leases Should Be Varied to Allow For a Change in the Computation of Service Charges (Tower Hamlets Community Housing Ltd v Leaseholders of Painter House – 2024)

Service Charge: Whether Service Charge was Payable in Respect of Roof Repairs (Crisplane Ltd v Plymouth Community Homes Ltd – 2024)

Lease Extension: Assessing Comparables, Adjustments and Value of 1993 Act Rights in Valuation of a Lease Extension (Daejan Investments Ltd v Nigel and another – 2024)