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No recovery of insurance premium where lease did not specifically provide for it

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Published on: 10 January 2013
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  • No specific provision
  • Service charge provisions
  • Rate duty charge assessment or imposition?
  • No implied term
  • Other potential remedies

Article summary

A landlord could not recover the cost of insurance from its tenant. The ability to recover was not provided for specifically in the lease, nor could such a term be implied into it.

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