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Law of Property Act 2000
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140 Costs and expenses
(1) A lessor is entitled to recover as a debt due to the lessor from a
lessee all reasonable costs and expenses properly incurred by the
lessor in respect of a breach giving rise to a right of re-entry or
forfeiture that is, at the request of the lessee, waived by the lessor
or from which the lessee is relieved under this Act.
(2) A lessor is entitled to recover costs and expenses under
subsection (1):
(a) in addition to any claim for damages on the part of the lessor
against the lessee; and
(b) whether or not the lessee has rendered forfeiture
unenforceable against the lessee under section 138.