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The Court of Appeal's decision in the recent case of Daejan Investments Limited v Benson provides a forceful lesson for landlords who regularly collect service charges from properties including a residential element.

The case confirmed, if there was ever any doubt, that landlords must comply with statutory consultation procedures before incurring significant service charge expenditure, or else landlords will be unable to recover the bulk of that expenditure from their leaseholders.
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