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Costs of Leases Act 1958 1958 c.52 An Act to make provision for the incidence of the costs of leases. [23rd July 1958]
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Costs of Leases Act 1958
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1 Costs of leases.
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.
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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.
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This Act may be cited as the Costs of Leases Act, 1958.
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