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Building managment communication obligations

If a leaseholder sends an email to the building management company with the request for this email to also be forwarded on to all other leaseholders, is the management company legally obliged to do so?

In this case, if it makes any difference, the management company is a Right To Manage company run by three other leaseholders.
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  • davidmcn
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    I wouldn't expect it to be a default function of the management company to act as a postbox in that way.
  • princeofpounds
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    I don't believe so, except perhaps if that communication relates to matters that require communication to all shareholders, such as certain things pertaining to the AGM perhaps. Giving this a bump in case someone knows better.
  • AdrianC
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    edited 3 April 2020 at 1:51PM
    If a leaseholder sends an email to the building management company with the request for this email to also be forwarded on to all other leaseholders, is the management company legally obliged to do so?
    Not only is there no such obligation, they may very well be negligent in doing so, depending on the contents.

    Besides that, there is no reason whatsoever for any leaseholder to be in formal communication with other leaseholders, in any way relating to the management of the building. The lease is SOLELY between the freeholder/headleaseholder (and the management company acting on their behalf) and each individual leaseholder.

    If that one leaseholder wants to contact their neighbours for whatever reason, why can't they just do so informally?
  • Thank you all for the very helpful replies.
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