Section 20C — Landlord and Tenant Act 1987: Limitation of service charges: costs of court proceedings.

Limitation of service charges: costs of court proceedings. 20C 1 A tenant may make an application to the appropriate court for an order that all or any of the costs incurred, or to be incurred, by the landlord in connection with any proceedings are not to be regarded as relevant costs to be taken into account in determining the amount of any service charge payable by the tenant or any other person or persons specified in the application; and the court may make such order on the application as it considers just and equitable in the circumstances.

2 In subsection (1) “ the appropriate court ” means—

a if the application is made in the course of the proceedings in question, the court before which the proceedings are taking place;

and b if the application is made after those proceedings are concluded, a county court.