On the Case: Service charge lessons from £2.3m McKinsey judgment

Alice Hawker of Selborne Chambers explains the High Court decision in Criterion Buildings Ltd v McKinsey & Co, Inc (United Kingdom) and another [2021] EWHC 216 (Ch); [2021] PLSCS 31 - a £2.3m service charges dispute between management consultancy McKinsey and its former landlord of office premises in the famous Criterion Building in Piccadilly Circus.

Hawker analyses the court's ruling, and identifies what landlords and tenants can learn from the case when it comes to the apportionment of service charges.