TY - GEN TI - Miss Alison Craighead and others v Homes for Islington Limited and The London Borough of Islington PY - 2011/// KW - LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT 1985 S27A KW - CRAIGHEAD AND ORS V HOMES FOR ISLINGTON LTD AND LONDON BOROUGH OF ISLINGTON KW - England and Wales KW - 1543- N2 - [2010] UKUT 47 (LC) 24 February 2010. An appeal under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 S27A against a decision by the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal in relation to liability for service charges. The disputed element related to "external repairs & decoration, window/roof renewal", costing around £5.7m. One of the issues under discussion was whether the replacement of single-glazed windows with double-glazed constituted an improvement or a repair. "Held" the replacement of the windows was effectively a repair, and the appeal was dismissed UR - https://www.landstribunal.gov.uk/judgmentfiles/j670/LRX-2-2009.pdf ER -