Service Charges and Recovery

This is a key training workshop for all directors and property agents engaged in service charge recovery, we will look at the stages and types of service charges, the different mechanisms for recovery including statutory recovery, recovery by way of contract / lease and service charge recovery through the company. 

This talk will provide participants with guidance and training on setting service charges, the stages and types of service charges, the different mechanisms for recovery including statutory recovery and recovery by way of contract / lease. The talk will examine a third avenue of service charge recovery and the possibility of recovery for service charges up to 12 years from date of debt. In addition we will examine the statutory rights of the management company to collect service charges.

Who should attend - Directors and property agents

Course type - Online webinar with Q & A

Course duration – 1.5 hours

Instructor - Dean Regan, is the Director of governance training and an experienced corporate governance and business ethics lecturer. He is a practising barrister in the area of management company litigation. A sole practitioner, he has advised and represented Owners' Management Companies at all levels of litigation and dispute resolution for the past ten years. Mr Regan has extensive expertise in regulatory advise, service charge recovery, public liability and common area transfer issues. Mr Regan is a member of the Bar of Ireland.

Outcomes - 

By the end of the workshop participants will:

• Understand the different stages of service charges and the effect of same on the OMC company, the unit owner and the landlord;
• Consider service charge collection under the head-lease, the Multi-unit Development Act, 2011, and the Companies Act, 2014;
• Be able to put in place a service charge recovery policy for your Owners' Management Company.