Landlord, Tenant and Property

• Owners of Motorway Service Area Triumph in Valuation Dispute

  • Posted17 October 2013

  The oil company owner of a motorway service area has achieved a very significant reduction in its non-domestic rates after the Upper Tribunal (UT) accepted that the petrol filling station...

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• Mediation Failure Leads to Court Date

  • Posted4 October 2013

  When work carried out by a building contractor during a redevelopment project caused damage to the facade of the building being redeveloped, the owner sued the building contractor for the...

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• Two Office Block Floors Form a Single Hereditament

  • Posted24 September 2013

  In a decision of wide importance to property professionals, the Court of Appeal has ruled that two non-contiguous floors of a modern office block can be viewed as a single...

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• Tenants Face Massive Repair Bill

  • Posted4 September 2013

  The former tenants of a prime location office block that was left in a state of severe dilapidation on the expiry of a full-repairing lease have been ordered to pay...

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• Lack of Precision Opens Path for Change of Use of Garden Centre

  • Posted21 August 2013

  When a business owner applied for planning permission for a garden centre, the local authority put a condition on the planning permission that details of the goods to be sold...

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• Family Property Empire Collapses Under £50 Million Debt

  • Posted5 August 2013

  Members of a prominent family who borrowed more than £50 million on the security of a high-end portfolio of London properties have failed to convince the High Court that they...

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