Commercial Property Updates
October 2010
The Push towards Low Carbon Development
The property industry is being inexorably pushed to change the way it does things, the built environment is gradually going to look different around us all...click here to read more
September 2009
What is a material change for insurance purposes?
An insurance contract being a contract of "the utmost good faith", the insured must disclose to the insurer all "material" facts...click here to read more
Interference with a right of way - how far can the grantor go?
If you grant a right of way you cannot then interfere with it if the right of way cannot be "substantially and practically exercised as conveniently as before"...click here to read more
A legal right to lay a cable over a neighbour's land - but there was still a problem
In a recent case of particular interest to developers...a developer was given by a neighbouring landowner the legal right to lay service media across the neighbour's land...click here to read more
Listed buildings - points to remember
The government has issued new guidance to local authorities aimed at more enforcement of the listed buildings regime...click here to read more
No right to a view - but a right to prevent an annoyance
In law there is no right to a "view"...click here to read more
Can the landlord object to the assignment of a lease to a brand new company?
The landlord is entitled to consider the financial strength of a proposed assignee...click here to read more
Landlord opposes renewal of business lease on redevelopment grounds - but his friendly covering letter gets him into trouble
In a recent case...a landlord who was on good terms with his tenant warned his tenenat that he was thinking of opposing any renewal of the tenant's business lease due to the statutory ground that he intended to demolish or reconstruct the property on the termination of the current lease...click here to read more
Defra consults on the possible release of an insect to control Japanese knotweed
Defra is currently consulting on its proposal to release an insect into the UK as a biological control against Japanese knotweed...click here to read more
July 2009
UPDATED ARTICLE - New coastal access provisions are on their way – what might they mean for landowners?
The Marine & Coastal Access Bill has completed its progress through the House of Lords...click here to read more
April 2009
When is a car parking space not a car parking space?
There has been a lot of uncertainty over the last few years as to how to treat the grant of an ancillary car parking space in a lease...click here to read more
When is a property transaction not a property transaction?
...When it can be set aside under insolvency law on the basis that it is a transaction at an undervalue...click here to read more
Can landlords afford to accept monthly rent payments?
Some tenants are asking their landlords if they can pay their rent monthly rather than quarterly for cashflow reasons. Before agreeing to this landlords should bear the following in mind...click here to read more
Energy Performance Certificates - what are they and do I need to have one?
Energy Performance Certificates contain summary information about the potential energy performance of a building...click here to read more
New coastal access provisions are on their way – what might they mean for landowners? (Please note that this article has been updated)
The Marine and Coastal Access Bill is currently in the House of Lords Committee stage...click here to read more