Service charges in commercial leases

Abstract

Despite the fact that almost everyone connected with the management or administration of a building will understand the meaning of the term, there is no statutory definition of the service charge in relation to commercial leases — and this state of affairs is a reliable guide to the complexity of the subject. The closest that statute comes to providing a comprehensive definition of the term is in Schedule 19 to the Housing Act 1980 which applies only to flats. Paragraph 1 of Schedule 19 states:

Citation

Abraham, D.J. (1985), "Service charges in commercial leases", Facilities, Vol. 3 No. 8, pp. 9-11. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb006340