{"id":1192,"date":"2026-09-02T16:04:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T16:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rtmf.org.uk\/right-to-manage-blog\/?p=1192"},"modified":"2026-09-02T16:04:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T16:04:18","slug":"right-to-manage-supreme-court-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rtmf.org.uk\/right-to-manage-blog\/uncategorized\/right-to-manage-supreme-court-ruling\/","title":{"rendered":"RTMF wins Supreme Court case affecting 4 million leaseholders\u2019 right to manage claims"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1192\" class=\"elementor elementor-1192\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-53ac63d8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"53ac63d8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4184bdf5\" data-id=\"4184bdf5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a66ca55 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a66ca55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A UK Supreme Court Ruling has today significantly narrowed the grounds on which landlords can object to leaseholders exercising their statutory right to manage. It removes one of the most commonly used weapons in the obstructive landlord&#8217;s arsenal.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5a8f2d3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5a8f2d3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ab67ea7\" data-id=\"ab67ea7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6e7117 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e6e7117\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>RTMF acted for the leaseholders in\u00a0<em>Avon Freeholds Limited v Cresta Court E RTM Co Ltd<\/em>\u00a0[2026] UKSC 31.<\/p><p>The decision should make it easier for millions of leaseholders across England and Wales to break their landlord&#8217;s management monopoly and take control of their buildings.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-84874d9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"84874d9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-86f1ecf\" data-id=\"86f1ecf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b377582 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b377582\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What the Supreme Court ruling decided<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b7ae584 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b7ae584\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2454130\" data-id=\"2454130\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd74ce1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dd74ce1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For the last 20 years, obstructive landlords have been able to sabotage genuine Right to Manage claims by exploiting procedural failures that caused them no prejudice whatsoever and had no adverse consequence for anyone.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5cb3c17 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5cb3c17\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dc2e04a\" data-id=\"dc2e04a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e277c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0e277c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Supreme Court has now ruled that only those actually affected by a procedural failure can complain about it \u2014 and that in any event, such a failure does not invalidate a qualifying RTM claim.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-607ff67 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"607ff67\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-456b0b8\" data-id=\"456b0b8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a212e84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a212e84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The point at issue was the Notice Inviting Participation, or NIP.<\/p><p>Until now, a failure to serve a NIP on a single leaseholder \u2014 even one out of hundreds, and even where that leaseholder had no objection at all \u2014 could be fatal to an entire claim.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-29d7b55 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"29d7b55\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a3f8963\" data-id=\"a3f8963\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-872bff4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"872bff4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;The first thing landlords request when receiving an RTM Claim is proof that all leaseholders have been sent Notices Inviting Participation (NIPs). Until now a failure to send a NIP to just one leaseholder out of hundreds was deemed fatal to the claim. This Decision changes that and massively reduces the arsenal available to obstructive landlords.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dudley Joiner, Founder, RTMF<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e61be21 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e61be21\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b1a4a66\" data-id=\"b1a4a66\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9deb27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d9deb27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What this means for leaseholders<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cbd5c0c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cbd5c0c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b1ae38a\" data-id=\"b1ae38a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01e8cd7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"01e8cd7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There are estimated to be over 4 million leaseholders in England and Wales, many of them suffering high charges and poor services from exploitative landlords.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cd7e4f2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cd7e4f2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9a6f25a\" data-id=\"9a6f25a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b49f419 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b49f419\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This ruling should:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3b4049e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3b4049e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d864c4f\" data-id=\"d864c4f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b66038a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b66038a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong>Restore confidence in the RTM process<\/strong>, which has been undermined by the risk that a minor administrative slip could sink an otherwise valid claim<\/li><li><strong>Reduce delays and costs<\/strong>\u00a0for leaseholders pursuing their statutory right<\/li><li><strong>Free up tribunal capacity<\/strong>\u00a0by removing thousands of cases from backlogged tribunals that have previously had to adjudicate these inconsequential disputes, leaving more time for serious issues<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-59f550a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"59f550a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-73423e6\" data-id=\"73423e6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50e0afe elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"50e0afe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">RTMF's role in the case<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-665d00e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"665d00e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8e5de8c\" data-id=\"8e5de8c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a78cc36 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a78cc36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dudley Joiner and his team at RTMF conducted the RTM claim for the Cresta Court leaseholders, instructing barristers Winston Jacob and Christian Fox on their behalf.<\/p><p>RTMF has now acquired the Right to Manage for around 1,600 buildings.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-98a69df elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"98a69df\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c19f127\" data-id=\"c19f127\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75a6c50 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"75a6c50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Right to Manage was introduced under the [Commonhold &amp; Leasehold Reform Act 2002] and lets leaseholders in qualifying buildings take over management from their landlord without proving fault or paying compensation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-58af113 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"58af113\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eeff9da\" data-id=\"eeff9da\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37a37e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37a37e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This ruling makes the path to taking control of your building clearer than it has been in two decades. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rtmf.org.uk\/contact.php\">Talk to RTMF<\/a> about whether your building qualifies or get a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rtmf.org.uk\/estimate.php\">no obligation quote here.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e5f0224 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e5f0224\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e729adf\" data-id=\"e729adf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad54441 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ad54441\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The full judgment in\u00a0<em>Avon Freeholds Limited v Cresta Court E RTM Company Limited<\/em>\u00a0[2026] UKSC 31 is available on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.uk\/cases\/uksc-2025-0170\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\">UK Supreme Court website<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A UK Supreme Court Ruling has today significantly narrowed the grounds on which landlords can object to leaseholders exercising their statutory right to manage. 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