How much does it cost to refer matters to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal?
Where you seek a determination from a Leasehold Valuation Tribunal (LVT), you will have to pay an application fee and, where the matter proceeds to a hearing, a hearing fee, unless you qualify for a waiver or reduction. The total fees payable will not exceed £500, but making an application may incur additional costs, such as professional fees, which you may also have to pay. Where a class action is brought (ie several leaseholders bring or make a group claim), then the cost of bringing the case is dispersed in accordance with a proportional scale. A LVT has the power to award costs, not exceeding £500, against a party to any proceedings where: it dismisses a matter because it is frivolous, vexatious or an abuse of process; or it considers a party has acted frivolously, vexatiously, abusively, disruptively or unreasonably.
