Now in its third edition, this book is a best-selling guide to the legal framework in which service charges operate. It provides guidance on the management process and related accountancy matters. This new edition has been comprehensively updated to reflect new developments and recent case law and such topics as reasonableness, repairs and renewals, recovery of overpayments and VAT chargeable by management companies. Additional advice on social landlords and overriding leases has been included, as well as comment on the forthcoming Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act. The concise and easily understood commentary is supported by specimen service charge clauses, model accounts, notices and certificates making this book an invaluable and immensely practical guide to this difficult subject.