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title: "Costs of Leases Act 1958"
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# Costs of Leases Act 1958

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

Costs of Leases Act 1958
1958 c.52
An Act to make provision for the incidence of the costs of leases.
[23rd July 1958]

## 1 Costs of leases. {#section-1}

Notwithstanding any custom to the contrary, a party to a lease shall, unless the parties thereto agree otherwise in writing, be under no obligation to pay the whole or any part of any other party’s solicitor’s costs of the lease.

## 2 Interpretation. {#section-2}

In this Act—
(a) “lease” includes an underlease and an agreement for a lease or underlease or for a tenancy or sub-tenancy;
(b) “costs” includes fees, charges, disbursements (including stamp duty), expenses and remuneration.

## 3 Short Title. {#section-3}

This Act may be cited as the Costs of Leases Act, 1958.