Subject:
[DPS:4I:51DR001/001:E] RE: L10CL472 ( linked to LO2CL098) — 51 Draycott Place, London - Next hearing: set-aside must be determined first
From:
Jason Kallis <jkallis@meralibeedle.com>
Date:
02/09/2025, 14:07
To:
"Central London County, Enquiries" <enquiries.centrallondon.countycourt@justice.gov.uk>
CC:
Tarquin Management Ltd <51DP@davylondon.net>

Dear Sirs

+++URGENT PLEASE PLACE BEFORE THE JUDGE AND LISTING CLERK TODAY+++

Claim numbers L02CL098 AND L10CL472 - Claim for a Vesting Order.  NOTE THAT BOTH CLAIM NUMBERS APPEAR TO APPLY TO THIS PROCEDURE

Property address: 51 Draycott Place / Parties: Draycott Place Freehold Limited v .Tarquin Management Limited

RE: JUDGE’S ADJOURNMENT AND RELISTING OF HEARING FROM 15 AUGUST 2025 TO END OF SEPTEMBER 2025

The email below from the Defendant is not accepted nor we think correct factually, what has happened is as follows:

1                     The Defendant has made an application to set aside an order made in court on 12 February 2025, when the Defendant did not attend and the Claimant did not. That hearing was listed on an emergency basis, after over 7 months delay, and on about 48 hours’ notice. The Claimant has conceded that the order of 12 February 2025 should be set aside but on very limited grounds, one of which being that costs should not be ordered against the Claimants within the application. The basis for costs not being ordered have been set out in our latest witness statement evidence; Mr Kallis’s statement (3rd). In short, the Claimant maintains that the vesting order should be made and there are no known credible grounds for it not to be, particularly given:

    1. the addresses for service used to serve the notice of the hearing and the originating claim form were correct as per the CPR (that much is maintained, and covered by the evidence filed by the Claimant) and
    2. the Defendant is not represented and should not be able to recover costs accordingly.

2                     The main reason this concession is made is that it would be easier and quicker to have another vesting order application. Further, the Claimants could be forgiven, in this case, for attending a hearing in February (given the court made and served the order albeit a short while before the hearing on 12 February 2025), and wanting to proceed – we refer to the urgent matters relating to drug dealing emanating from a flat in the property concerned (with two police raids taking place, but no possession proceedings being brought by the Defendant as a result) and the issues with the roof at the property.

3                     The enfranchisement was commenced 3 years ago, and relates to a very problematic property generally and it needs a new Landlord.  The Vesting Order application itself is 14 months old now. We do not consider the court should exercise it’s discretion on costs in an adverse way against the Claimant in those circumstances, and should list the final hearing on an urgent basis. Further, we would have thought an order (of say no order as to costs, or costs in the case) in relation to costs of the application would be very easy to hear (15 minutes at most) or could even be dealt with on paper. The forthcoming hearing of 90 minutes (as cited in the latest orders) should be used to once and for all resolve all issues.

4                     We have made an application for the forthcoming hearing to be the final hearing of the vesting order. That is very much appropriate. Our application is attached, again. It was re-filed yesterday but was originally submitted, and notified to the court weeks ago.

The proceedings have been served for months now. No proper or realistic ground for not granting the vesting order has been filed or served.

The delays and costs in this case should be seen in the context of the statement by the controlling mind of the Defendant company (cited in the Tribunal’s enfranchisement decision of 4 March, attached, when he first learned of the enfranchisement process):

“If… you still decide to go ahead [with the enfranchisement claim], it will become very personal and all three will gain a sworn enemy. Rationality and proportionality will not come into it and costs will be an irrelevance “

 

That stated intention / modus operandi has never ceased, and it is time that this matter is concluded, and a hearing in late September in any event would provide plenty of time to allow for “due process” particularly noting the directions sought in the Claimant’s application, which the Defendant has seen / had notice of for weeks.

 

Kind regards

 

Jason Kallis

 

 

F: +44 (0) 207 937 9202

M: +44 (0) 7969 691025

 

Vicarage House

58-60 Kensington Church Street

London W8 4DB

 

www.meralibeedle.com

 

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From: Tarquin Management Ltd <51DP@davylondon.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 2, 2025 4:28 AM
To: Central London County, Enquiries <enquiries.centrallondon.countycourt@justice.gov.uk>; Jason Kallis <jkallis@meralibeedle.com>
Subject: L10CL472 ( linked to LO2CL098) — 51 Draycott Place, London - Next hearing: set-aside must be determined first

 

RE: JUDGE’S ADJOURNMENT AND RELISTING OF HEARING FROM 15 AUGUST 2025 +++URGENT PLEASE PLACE BEFORE THE JUDGE AND LISTING CLERK +++

 

Subject: L10CL472 — Next hearing: no concensus on set-aside conditions; set-aside must be determined first

 

Dear Sirs,

 

We write further to the Claimants’ recent correspondence (22 August 2025 and subsequent). The Claimants now confirm that, in their submission, the conditions in CPR 39.3(5) are not satisfied.

 

That position has two consequences:

·       Without consent, the Court must first determine that the CPR 39.3(5) conditions are met before its jurisdiction to set aside the 12 February 2025 order arises.

·       Our application to set aside must therefore be heard and determined at the next hearing before any question of substantive directions or disposal arises.

 

In our email of 28 July 2025, we set out in detail how each condition is fulfilled. The Claimants have offered no substantive response. Neither their subsequent emails nor Mr Kallis’s third witness statement — cited as their rationale — engage with CPR 39.3(5). Both instead rely on repetition and rhetoric in lieu of evidence, without addressing promptness, reason for absence, or prospects of success.

 

We respectfully ask the Court to confirm that the forthcoming hearing remains listed to determine our set-aside application. For completeness, we enclose:

1.     Our covering email of 28 July 2025;

2.     Our letter of the same date, addressing the set-aside conditions, their implications and next steps;

3.     The draft consent order sent with that letter;

4.     Mr Kallis’s email of 29 August 2025 confirming the Claimants’ position.

 

We, too, are keen for these proceedings to conclude, but in the proper way: by due process, not by the crescendo of urgency contrived through repetition.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Davy Thielens

for and on behalf of Tarquin Management Ltd







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Subject:

[DPS:4I:51DR001/001:E] RE: L10CL472 — Clarification on consent to set aside

Date:

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 17:48:23 +0000

From:

Jason Kallis <jkallis@meralibeedle.com>

To:

Tarquin Management Ltd <51DP@davylondon.net>

CC:

Sibel Erdem <sibelerdem@erdemhukuk.com>, Pınar Erdem <pinarerdem@erdemhukuk.com>, Erdem Bahadır <bahadirerdem@erdemhukuk.com>, John Galani <john@galani.com>, Galani GB Karolina <karolina@galani.com>, Galvin Dominic <dgalvin@c-sr.com>




Dear Sirs

We have set out our position out on your application in our Mr Kallis’ witness statement, see attached. We are contesting the application based on the fact that the hearing was called at the last moment, and that was neither the Claimant’s fault, nor should they be blamed to want to finish a process that started some 3 years ago, in all the circumstances of this case. All the other points have not been satisfied, in our submission. In addition given you act for yourself and have not proven most of your application we do not consider any costs should be paid.

In short:

1.      All the terms referred to the Tribunal in dispute were resolved by the Tribunal. The TR1 terms were examined at the final hearing and determined by the Tribunal. The form sent to you is the form the Tribunal decided should be used.  The ongoing breaches by flat 3 (as alleged but not agreed), and the service charge issues are to be dealt with by way of the indemnity in the TR1. That was the Tribunal’s decision. You would know this if you had read the correspondence in this case (see just for example the submissions in the first email attached sent nearly 18 months ago to the Tribunal).

2.      The increased ground rent does not increase the premium as the deed you refer to was never registered, and is to our mind a sham. That was taken into account by the Tribunal at the hearing.

3.      The four cellars/alcove were all looked at in detail by the Tribunal, and taken into account during the valuation process. That’s why the premium we asked for was increased slightly (not to hundreds of thousands of pounds, as those units are not valuable, and the Tribunal decided what they were worth (if anything).

4.      In terms of the ground rent regarding the calculation, I would say that this is agreed – or at least the Claimant / Applicant has formally accepted a slight increase under the slip rule, as per the second email attached. That much is not something that cannot be dealt with by agreement, or indeed, by the county court if both parties agree the increase.

We have already set out my position on what you call “unproven allegations” in a witness statement, as supported by Mr Galani (see attached). In short, on a balance of probabilities, we consider the events at this property amount to evidence of drug dealing, and subsequent police raids, and the continued presence of Russell in Flat 2, at your behest, means that this application and the enfranchisement is urgent.

Further, the next hearing is now 90 minutes long, and you have had notice of it for a long time.

What would be the easiest way forward here? To allow the enfranchisement, for a slightly increased premium as per our Mr Kallis’ attached email to the Tribuanal 9as you say such matters can still be agreed by the parties), and then resolve the service charge issues at the Tribunal after the transfer, to be enforced under the said indemnity. We note that despite requests Mr Angiolini has still not confirmed if he himself has paid service charges, and that too is in question.

Ultimately, we do not consider you wish to find the easiest way forward, as was your stated intention many years ago.

We reserve the right to draw this email to the Court’s attention at the hearing.

Kind regards

 

Jason Kallis

 

 

F: +44 (0) 207 937 9202

M: +44 (0) 7969 691025

 

Vicarage House

58-60 Kensington Church Street

London W8 4DB

 

www.meralibeedle.com

 

IMPORTANT: We have become aware of fraudsters targeting other law firms and their clients.  Please note that our client account details have recently changed.  If you receive an email requesting that you direct money to us, please confirm the bank details with us.

 

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Merali Beedle Limited is a limited company registered in England and Wales, registration number 11399125. It is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority with registered number 650133.

 

The firm's registered office is at Vicarage House, 58-60 Kensington Church Street, London W8 4DB. A full list of directors’ names and their professional qualifications may be inspected at our registered office. 

 

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From: Tarquin Management Ltd <51DP@davylondon.net>
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2025 1:36 PM
To: Jason Kallis <jkallis@meralibeedle.com>
Cc: Sibel Erdem <sibelerdem@erdemhukuk.com>; Pınar Erdem <pinarerdem@erdemhukuk.com>; Erdem Bahadır <bahadirerdem@erdemhukuk.com>; John Galani <john@galani.com>; Galani GB Karolina <karolina@galani.com>; Galvin Dominic <dgalvin@c-sr.com>
Subject: L10CL472 — Clarification on consent to set aside

 

Dear Mr Kallis,

 

We note that in your series of emails between 6 and 22 August, seeking to recast the set-aside hearing as a final disposal, you have not expressly stated whether the Claimants now accept that the conditions in CPR 39.3(5) are satisfied. The Court’s jurisdiction to set aside the 12 February order arises only if those conditions are met. We set out in detail, in our email of 28 July 2025 to you and your clients, how each condition is fulfilled. Your response sent on 6 Aug seems to ignore that analysis.

 

Please now confirm the Claimants’ position:

1.     Do the Claimants now accept that each of the conditions in CPR 39.3(5) is fulfilled, such that the Court has discretion to set aside?

2.     If not, is it still the Claimants’ position that the conditions are not met and that our set-aside application should be opposed?

 

If the Claimants do not accept that the conditions are met, then the Court must first determine our application at the next hearing before any question of substantive directions arises.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

 

Davy Thielens

for and on behalf of Tarquin Management Ltd