Recovery of litigation costs through service charge | Practical Law

Recovery of litigation costs through service charge | Practical Law

The Court of Appeal used its discretion to prevent a landlord recovering the costs of unsuccessful litigation against its tenant through the service charge provisions in the lease, although such costs were expressly recoverable in the service charge provisions.

Recovery of litigation costs through service charge

Practical Law UK Legal Update 1-100-2856 (Approx. 2 pages)

Recovery of litigation costs through service charge

Published on 01 Jan 1995United Kingdom
The Court of Appeal used its discretion to prevent a landlord recovering the costs of unsuccessful litigation against its tenant through the service charge provisions in the lease, although such costs were expressly recoverable in the service charge provisions.