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‘Simple’ Clause in Commercial Property Lease Triggers High Court Dispute
Commercial property leases can be long and complex documents, but it is often their most apparently simple clauses…
Air Quality Issues Prove Decisive as Car Park Planning Permission Quashed
With environmental protection very much on the public mind, ever-increasing weight is being given by planning decision-makers to…
Major Mixed-Use Development Passes High Court Test
Proposals for a major mixed-use development on the site of a vacant business park received the High Court’s…
Business Rates Mitigation Schemes are Lawful – But Not if They are Shams
It is perfectly legitimate and lawful for landlords of empty commercial premises to enter into business rates mitigation…
Property Investment Company Pays for ‘Deliberate’ VAT Return Default
Almost every business owner understands that feeling of desperation arising from cashflow problems. As a case concerning VAT…
Commercial Buildings Need to Be Practical – But Aesthetics Matter Too
Commercial buildings are not just boxes and, to many tenants, aesthetics are just as important as practicality. The…
Supreme Court Urges ‘Give and Take’ in Town or Village Green Dispute
Town or village greens (TVGs) are effectively sacrosanct against development and public access to them is heavily protected…
Edge-of-Town Retail/Leisure Development Survives Court of Appeal Challenge
Commercial property developers will sit up and take notice of the Court of Appeal’s decision to uphold planning…
Thinking of Signing a Lease Without Legal Advice? Just Don’t Do It!
Entering into a lease, whether commercial or residential, without taking legal advice is, to say the least, highly…
Houses in Multiple Occupation – A Cautionary Tale for Errant Landlords
Pressure on the housing market has led to the conversion of many redundant office buildings into flats and…
Poor Record-Keeping is a Recipe for Dispute with the Tax Authorities
Sensible businesspeople understand that failing to keep proper accounting records and paper trails of transactions is an invitation…
Sensible Businesspeople Never Contract Without Legal Advice
It is a frequent occurrence that two businesspeople who attend the same meeting emerge with diametrically opposed views…
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