All Property articles – Page 34

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    Feature

    Making way

    2014-09-16T10:58:00Z

    With the economy seemingly on the rise, and the government pushing forward with its plans for HS2, compulsory purchase schemes are back in the spotlight. Richard Flenley guides us through the process

  • Bethan Owen
    Feature

    Checking it out

    2014-09-16T10:50:00Z

    The Immigration Act 2014 introduces a raft of substantial changes to UK immigration law. Bethan Owen looks at the new requirements for landlords

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    Feature

    In the end

    2014-09-16T10:47:00Z

    With the economy slowly recovering, the negotiating strengths of commercial landlords and tenants in lease renewal negotiations are changing. Nic Maunder Taylor provides a beginner’s guide to the issues for landlords, tenants, and their advisers

  • Richard Bagwell
    Feature

    Sign your name

    2014-09-16T10:42:00Z

    The Leasehold Reform (Amendment) Act 2014 makes a single, yet important, change to how notices of claim in relation to lease extension and collective enfranchisement can be signed. Richard Bagwell explains

  • Jane Plant
    Feature

    Nuisance act

    2014-09-16T10:37:00Z

    The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 reforms the remedies available to tackle with anti-social behaviour, including the introduction of injunctions to prevent nuisance and annoyance. Jane Plant looks at the key provisions impacting landlords and tenants

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    Feature

    Breaking up

    2014-09-16T10:32:00Z

    Paul Clark provides a round-up of recent cases related to commercial landlord and tenant law

  • Ben Roberts
    Analysis

    Spotlight: CLP Holding Co Ltd v Singh and Kaur

    2014-09-10T12:37:00Z

    The Court of Appeal considered whether purchasers of VAT-opted freehold property were contractually liable to pay VAT on the purchase price.

  • Peter Reekie, commentator
    Analysis

    Troublesome lease clauses

    2014-08-28T17:08:00Z

    Recently, the most troublesome lease clauses have been those dealing with termination – specifically break rights. I consider two recent high profile cases that illustrate this point.

  • Peter Reekie, commentator
    Analysis

    Unoccupied properties: tax liabilities

    2014-07-29T16:10:00Z

    Peter Reekie looks at two recent cases which deal with different possible arguments for potentially avoiding liability for rates on unoccupied properties

  • Analysis

    Pall Mall Investments (London) Ltd v Gloucester City Council

    2014-07-29T15:09:00Z

    The district judge upheld the respondent local authority’s unoccupied non-domestic rate demand against the appellant company and rejected the appellant’s argument that the properties were exempt on the ground that non-occupation was the result of dilapidations and the state of the properties was such that occupation was prohibited by law. ...

  • Analysis

    Henderson v Foxworth Investments Ltd and another

    2014-07-29T14:34:00Z

    Liquidator of the Letham Grange Development Company sought reduction of a security over the Letham Grange resort near Arbroath in Scotland.

  • Analysis

    Schroder Exempt Property Unit Trust and another v Birmingham City Council

    2014-07-29T14:02:00Z

    The High Court held that a landlord was liable to pay business rates on an empty property where a liquidator had disclaimed the lease, despite the fact that the landlord had not taken possession of the property and a guarantor under the lease continued to pay the rent.

  • Sarah Livestro
    Analysis

    Spotlight: Martin Retail Group Ltd v Crawley Borough Council

    2014-07-24T18:05:00Z

    The Central London County Court has held that a permitted use restriction in a lease breached competition law and was therefore unenforceable. 

  • Peter Reekie, commentator
    Analysis

    Town and village greens: UKSC overturns House of Lords decision

    2014-06-24T16:54:00Z

    Peter Reekie looks at a recent attempt to prevent development taking place on vacant land by applying to register it as a town and village green 

  • Analysis

    ​Lie v Mohile

    2014-06-24T16:50:00Z

    The Court of Appeal held that a court was wrong to find that a partnership between two medical practitioners had terminated and, accordingly, that an application for a new business tenancy had failed.

  • Analysis

    ​R (on the application of Barkas) v North Yorkshire County Council

    2014-06-24T16:41:00Z

    The Supreme Court considered the issue of whether land in Whitby should be registered as a town or village green under section 15 of the Commons Act 2006. 

  • Analysis

    Marks and Spencer plc v BNP Paribas Securities Services Trust Company (Jersey) Ltd

    2014-06-24T16:33:00Z

    The claimant tenant exercised a break clause in its lease with the defendant landlords. The judge implied a term which enabled the tenant to get back that part of the advance payment of rent which related to a period after the break date by when the lease would have been ...