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Justin Bates

John Christodoulou ‘lamentable’ lack of transparency over excessive £1.6m insurance costs at Canary Riverside

Category: Canary Riverside, Insurance, John Christodoulou, Latest News, NewsTag: Angie Jezard, Canary Riverside, Canary Riverside Estate Management Limited, Financial Conduct Authority, Financial Times, John Christodoulou, Justin Bates, Reich, Westminster Management Services, Yianis Group

Israel Moskovitz loses appeal on right to charge £36 a pop for collecting his ground rents

Category: Israel Moskovitz, Justin Bates, Latest News, Moskovitz / Gurvits, NewsTag: Avon Freeholds, Canary Riverside, Israel Moskovitz, John Christodoulou, Joseph Gurvits, Justin Bates, Rebecca Cattermole, West India Quay

Israel Moskovitz fails to get £30 each from leaseholders for his ground rent demands (as barrister Rebecca Cattermole, acting pro bono, sees off Justin Bates in the Upper Tribunal)

Category: Israel Moskovitz, Justin Bates, Latest News, Moskovitz / Gurvits, NewsTag: Avon Freeholds, Israel Moskovitz, Justin Bates, Rebecca Cattermole

John Christodoulou fails to dump £355,000 gym debt onto the Canary Riverside leaseholders. Insurance commissions to be disclosed. And judge criticises his ‘extremely unattractive’ approach to tribunal

Category: John Christodoulou, Latest News, NewsTag: Alan Coates, Canary Riverside, Canary Riverside Estate Management Limited, CMA, Daniel Dovar, FCA, First-tier Tribunal, Insurance, John Christodoulou, Jonathan Upton, Judge Martin Rodger QC, Justin Bates, Octagon Overseas Limited, Parkgate Aspen, Philip Rainey QC, Property tribunal, Reich, Sol Unsdorfer, Upper-tier Tribunal, West India Quay, Yianis Group

Settlers Court: for the first time the Supreme Court considers right to manage. The result? Leaseholders get a battering over communal area management

Category: Latest News, News, Property tribunalTag: Amanda Gourlay, ARMA, FirstPort, Harry Scoffin, Justin Bates, Kimberley Ziya, Landmark Chambers, Mark Loveday, Nigel Glen, Settlers Court, Simon Allison, Virginia Quay

Biscop House

Scourge of RTMs, Israel Moskovitz sits as a director … of a residents’ management company in Sunderland

Category: Gurvits, Israel Moskovitz, Justin Bates, Latest News, News, RTMTag: Biscop House, Israel Moskovitz, Joseph Gurvits, Justin Bates

Canary Gateway

Barrister Justin Bates torpedoes another RTM for Moskovitz / Gurvits: leaseholders face £100,000 bills

Category: Latest News, Moskovitz / Gurvits, News, RTMTag: Canary Gateway, Israel Moskovitz, Joseph Gurvits, Justin Bates, Law Commission, Right to manage

Academic bars Oxford City Council from entering his flat to finish major works

Category: Justin Bates, Latest News, Local authority leasehold, NewsTag: Building safety reform, Dame Judith Hackitt, Fire safety, Giles Peaker, Harry Scoffin, Joshua Dubin, Justin Bates, Local authority leasehold, Major works, Oxford City Council, Professor Susan Bright, Section 20

Ruling blasts Israel Moskovitz’s lawyers for ‘wasting tribunal time’ in legal warfare that is ‘part of a pattern’, as RTM gains control of £69,000 funds

Category: HomeSlider, Israel Moskovitz, Justin Bates, Latest News, NewsTag: 25% rule, Harry Scoffin, Israel Moskovitz, Judge Nicholas Nicol, Justin Bates, Mixed-use sites, Reserve fund, Right to manage, Y and Y Management

What to do about the Grenfell cladding scandal, asks Oxford conference

Category: Cladding scandal, Latest News, NewsTag: Grenfell cladding, Justin Bates, Professor Susan Bright, Waking watch contracts

Battle for Canary Riverside resumes after court appointed manager steps down

Category: Canary Riverside, John Christodoulou, Latest News, News, West India QuayTag: 25% rule, Alan Coates, Bruce Ritchie, Canary Riverside, Canary Riverside Estate Management Limited, Circus Apartments Limited, David Marsden, Duncan Rendall, Felix Keen, FirstPort, John Christodoulou, Justin Bates, Marathon Estates, Mixed-use sites, Rendall and Rittner

Tribunal to rule on whether West India Quay leaseholders are subbing the energy costs of the hotel below

Category: John Christodoulou, Justin Bates, Latest News, News, West India QuayTag: 25% rule, Canary Riverside, East Tower Apartments Limited, John Christodoulou, Justin Bates, Lina Matsson, Mixed-use sites, Utility bills, West India Quay

Officials fail to stop LKP publishing legal opinions on flawed reform of Recognised Tenants’ Associations (RTAs)

Category: HomeSlider, Latest News, News, Recognised Tenants' Association, West India QuayTag: James Brokenshire MP, Justin Bates, Law Commission, Lord Young of Cookham, Martin Boyd, MHCLG, Rebecca Cattermole, Sir Peter Bottomley

War of attrition continues between Canary Riverside freeholder John Christodoulou and the court-appointed manager …

Category: Canary Riverside, John Christodoulou, Latest News, NewsTag: 25% rule, Alan Coates, Canary Riverside, Canary Riverside Estate Management Limited, HML Holdings, John Christodoulou, Justin Bates, Mixed-use sites, Octagon Overseas Limited, Rebecca Cattermole, Yianis

Lawyers offer pro bono aid to leaseholder facing QC in £24,000 dispute in Upper Tribunal

Category: Justin Bates, Latest News, Law Commission, Local authority leasehold, LVT/Property Chamber Survival, News, Philip Rainey QC, Property tribunalTag: Harriet Harman MP, James Brokenshire MP, Justin Bates, Major works, Mari Knowles, Michelle Baharier, Philip Rainey QC, Section 20, Southwark Council

Law Commission: no problem employing barrister Justin Bates to reform right to manage, while he sets about stuffing another one …

Category: Israel Moskovitz, Justin Bates, Latest News, Law Commission, News, RTMTag: CFIF Nominee Limited, Clive Rayden, Dennis Jackson, Janice Northover, Justin Bates, Law Commission, Paul Rayden, Phillip Golding, Wharfside Point South RTM Co Limited

Right to Manage added to the ever growing list of leasehold reforms

Category: Latest News, MHCLG, News, RTMTag: James Brokenshire MP, Justin Bates, Law Commission, Sir Peter Bottomley

Israel Moskovitz loses epic Elim Court right to manage battle in landmark Court of Appeal decision

Category: Latest News, News, RTMTag: Court of Appeal, Dudley Joiner, Elim Court, Israel Moskovitz, James Driscoll, Joseph Gurvits, Justin Bates, Lord Justice Lewison, Right to manage, Right To Manage Federation, Y and Y Management

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‘If I fail to offend anyone, I will do it next time,’ Bottomley tells appalled leasehold professionals at LEASE annual conference

Category: FPRA, HomeSlider, Justin Bates, Latest News, LEASE, Martin Paine, News, NewsSlider, Oakland Court, Parliament, TchenguizTag: Anthony Essien, Bellway, Benjamin Mire, Bob Bessell, Charter Quay, Gavin Barwell, James Wyatt, Justin Bates, LEASE, Leasehold Advisory Service, Martin Paine, Mundy, Parthenia, Roger Southam, Shula Rich, Sir Peter Bottomley, Ted Ayres, Vincent Tchenguiz

The day the Leasehold Advisory Service was returned to leaseholders

Category: Latest News, LEASE, News, Taylor WimpeyTag: Justin Bates, Martin Boyd, Martin Paine, Roger Southam, Sir Peter Bottomley

ARMA conference ‘worried’ that developers are exploiting new home owners

Category: ARMA, ARMA-Q, Ground rent scandal, Latest News, News, Philip Rainey QC, Taylor WimpeyTag: Anna Bailey, Braemar Estates, Elim Court, Jim Fitzpatrick, Justin Bates, Nigel Glen, Philip Rainey QC, Robert Dean, Sally Keeble

John Christodoulou minions get the boot at Canary Riverside

Category: Canary Riverside, John Christodoulou, Latest News, News, West India QuayTag: 25% rule, Alan Coates, Amanda Gourlay, Canary Riverside, HML Andertons, Jim Fitzpatrick, John Christodoulou, Judge Martin Rodger QC, Justin Bates, Marathon Estates, Nick Brocklesby, Richard Paul, West India Quay, Yianis Group

Right to manage in chaos after Court of Appeal decision

Category: Latest News, News, RTMTag: Freehold Managers (Nominees) Limited, Garner Court RTM Co Limited, Holybrook RTM Co Limited, Israel Moskovitz, Justin Bates, Ninety Broomfield Road RTM Co Limited, Philip Rainey QC, Proxima GR Properties Limited, Siobhan McCrath, Triplerose, Vincent Tchenguiz

No.1 Deansgate wins epic RTM battle, as freeholder throws in the towel at the Court of Appeal

Category: Latest News, News, RTMTag: Arden Chambers, Block Property Management, CBRE Global Investors, Justin Bates, Mark Habib, No.1 Deansgate, Philip Rainey QC, Steve Birkbeck, TRW Pensions

Retirement site loses right to manage appeal after three years. Now what’s the cost?

Category: Gurvits, Israel Moskovitz, Latest News, News, Retirement, Right To Manage Federation, RTMTag: 369 Upland Road RTM Company Limited, Avon Freeholds, Canadian Avenue RTM Company Limited, Dudley Joiner, Elim Court, Farnborough Road (Brand House) RTM Co Limited, Farnborough Road (Calloway House) RTM Co Limited, Israel Moskovitz, Joseph Gurvits, Judge Martin Rodger QC, Justin Bates, Keith Phillips, Margarita Madjirska-Mossop, Retirement, Right to manage, Right To Manage Federation, Y and Y Management

Can this possibly be good news?

Category: IRPM, Justin Bates, Latest News, News, RTMTag: Chartered Institute of Housing, IRPM, Justin Bates, Neil Maloney, Sir Peter Bottomley

Biggest right to manage victory ever at Century Wharf, Cardiff

Category: FirstPort, Justin Bates, NewsTag: Century Wharf, Commonhold, Justin Bates, Peverel, RTMF, Tchenguiz

Lawyers fighting right to manage get their legal fees slashed from £28,117 to JUST £2,883!

Category: Justin Bates, News, Property tribunal, Sir Peter BottomleyTag: Brethertons, Brooks Macdonald, Chris Knight, Chris Macdonald, Justin Bates

Israel Moskovitz ‘unappealing conduct’ reported in The Oldie

Category: Gurvits, Israel Moskovitz, Justin Bates, Moskovitz / Gurvits, News, Press, Property tribunalTag: Israel Moskovitz, Justin Bates, Y and Y Management

Freeholder’s barrister Justin Bates named in Parliament yesterday. And Benjamin Mire. And Tchenguiz. And Yianis. And Israel Moskovitz …

Category: Benjamin Mire, Canary Riverside, HomeSlider, Israel Moskovitz, John Christodoulou, Justin Bates, LEASE, Moskovitz / Gurvits, News, Sir Peter Bottomley, Slider Posts, Tchenguiz, West India QuayTag: Benjamin Mire, Israel Moskovitz, Jim Fitzpatrick, John Christodoulou, Justin Bates, Sir Peter Bottomley, Trust Property Management, Y and Y Management, Yianis Group

Barrister Justin Bates delays ANOTHER right to manage by nearly two years. Corrie and Man United stars among the ‘victims’

Category: Justin Bates, News, Property tribunal, RTMTag: 1 Deansgate, Justin Bates

Barrister Justin Bates fails to block right to manage on the grounds that leaseholders’ company name did not include ‘RTM’ in the title

Category: HomeSlider, Justin Bates, News, Property tribunal, RTMTag: Justin Bates

LEASE 2013: ‘Leasehold must reform, or media will sink their teeth in’

Category: Justin Bates, LEASE, News, Sir Peter BottomleyTag: Damian Greenish, Gerry Proctor, James Driscoll, Justin Bates, Keith Hill, LEASE, Liz Peace, Mark Prisk, Nicholas Kissen, Rob Plumb, Siobhan McGrath, Sir Peter Bottomley

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