(1) The Courtyard RTM Co Ltd & Ors (Appellants) v Rockwell (FC103) Ltd & Anr (Respondents) (2) 14 Park Crescent Ltd (Appellants) & Anr v 14 Park Crescent RTM Co Ltd (Respondents)
Wednesday 29 – Thursday 30 April 2026
(1) By Appellant’s Notice filed on 13 March 2025 the Appellant appeals a decision of the Upper Tribunal delivered on 7 February 2025.
The Appellants are RTM companies seeking the right to manage three of five blocks within a recently developed Liverpool estate. Each block is a self-supporting structure on piled foundations.
Each Appellant served a claim notice seeking the right to manage its block. The Respondents served counter-notices denying entitlement, and the Appellants applied to the First-Tier Tribunal for determinations. The Upper Tribunal rejected all grounds of the Respondents’ cross-appeals and allowed the Appellants’ first ground of appeal.
(2) By Appellant’s Notice filed on 1 April 2025 the Appellants appeal a decision of the Upper Tribunal delivered on 7 February 2025.
14 Park Crescent, originally built in 1820, was extensively redeveloped between 2012 and 2018, leaving only the front façade and a 1960s steel and concrete frame. 14 Park Crescent RTM Company claimed the right to manage on the basis that the property was a self‑contained part of a building. The First-Tier Tribunal (FTT) agreed. The immediate and superior landlords appealed.
The Upper Tribunal (UT) upheld the FTT’s decision, finding that 14 Park Crescent was a self‑contained part of a building and that the RTM company was entitled to acquire the right to manage. The UT also held that the independent redevelopment test could be satisfied even where support to adjoining structures was required or parts of the structure had to be retained, concluding that No 14 could be independently redeveloped.
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