Landlord, Tenant and Property

• Marks & Spencer Claims Planning Victory at High Court

  • Posted22 March 2024

  A High Court challenge brought by Marks & Spencer (M&S) has resulted in victory for the retailer. M&S contested a decision by the Secretary of State for Levelling Up,...

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• Court Ruling Underlines the Importance of Biodiversity in Planning Decisions

  • Posted7 February 2024

  One of the positive effects of the green revolution is that biodiversity is now a vital factor in many planning decisions. As a High Court case showed, however, it is...

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• Under-Insured Commercial Property Occupier Wins Seven-Figure Damages

  • Posted26 January 2024

  Fire is an ever-present threat to occupiers of commercial property and, all too often, they only discover after the ash has settled that they are under-insured. In one such case,...

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• Business Use of Residential Property – Upper Tribunal Strikes the Balance

  • Posted15 January 2024

  Any proposal to make business use of a purpose-built residential property is likely to draw objections. However, as a case concerning the planned utilisation of an urban dwelling as a...

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• Football Club’s Crowd Control Challenge to Development Kicked Into Touch

  • Posted5 January 2024

  Commercial property owners are often concerned that residential developments may prejudice their longstanding use of their premises. In a High Court case on point, a football club argued that planning...

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• Applications for Fresh Commercial Tenancies – Court of Appeal Guidance

  • Posted14 December 2023

  How does one decide whether a commercial tenant ‘ought not’ to be granted a new tenancy under Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954? The Court of Appeal...

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