Template letter to court asking for case to be transferred to First-tier Tribunal

If you are involved in a county court case about whether you need to pay service charges, you can use this template letter to ask for the case to be transferred to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber).

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[Court name]

[Court address]

[Date]

Dear Sirs

I am a party in the case between [insert parties], numbered [insert case number] and I write to request that the matter is transferred to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) at [insert address of the relevant tribunal].

The case concerns the reasonableness and/or payability of service charges and the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) has jurisdiction under section 27A of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 to decide such matters.

I believe the said Tribunal is the appropriate forum to make a decision in this case. I look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible with confirmation that this matter can be transferred to the Tribunal.

Yours faithfully/sincerely,

[Insert your name]

[Sign]