“…T. The Court of Appeal has considered property guardians in the context of rates and office buildings in Ludgate House Limited v Ricketts [2020] EWCA Civ 1637; [2021] 1 WLR 1750 (Ludgate House). In that case a property guardian company contacted the owners of an empty office building scheduled for redevelopment, offering to install pro…”
“…y are not, strictly speaking, employees of the company providing the guardian services to the property owner: Ludgate House Ltd v Ricketts[2020] EWCA Civ 1637, [2021] 1 WLR 1750 at [66]. The essential elements of service occupation were described in Smith v Seghill Overseers(1875) LR 10 QB 422, 428 (approved in Street v Mountford) by M…”