Brexit: maddening but not frustrating when it comes to contracts
Brexit may be maddening for business, communities and even the politicians in the thick of it, but in all the uncertainty, one thing seems certain,...
The High Street … analysing an uncertain future
Since the turn of the century, people’s shopping habits have changed dramatically and high street shops have struggled to change with them. We now live...
Matthew Winterbottom
Trainee SolicitorResidential properties owned by companies – ATED – Annual Tax...
ATED is an annual tax payable mainly by companies that own UK residential property. Until 1 April 2016, ATED was only applicable to residential properties...
Roderick Campbell
Partner, Head of Commercial PropertyWhen is a door not a door? – When it’s...
When is an accessway not an accessway? When it looks like an access but you have no rights to actually use it. It is not...
Tamzin Mandelli
Associate, Commercial PropertyGive it up! Give it up! Baby, Give it up!
No-one has a crystal ball that can definitively tell them what the future holds. Every decision is a risk to a greater or lesser degree....
Tamzin Mandelli
Associate, Commercial PropertyRICS Service Charge Code: changes ahead
Services charges can all too often become a source of contention between landlords and tenants. To assist with the process of administering the service charge...
Anne Bridger
Solicitor, Commercial PropertyA “takeaway” from Prezzo
Prezzo held a sub-lease of a ground floor and basement restaurant. In the lease, Prezzo’s landlord covenanted to “insure the premises in accordance with its...
Roderick Campbell
Partner, Head of Commercial PropertyWhen is a licence a lease?
It is often the case that owners of commercial property want to allow occupation of their property on an informal basis, without the time and...
Celia Watts
Consultant, Commercial PropertyIs garden land residential property?
This is a question that has excised property lawyers and tax consultants for some time, so what is the answer to selling garden land? There...
Tamzin Mandelli
Associate, Commercial PropertyEasements and rights of way – Get off my land!...
If you’ve discovered an easement running through your property, you may be wondering who has access and who can pass over your land. There are...