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Many tenants, and in particular retailers are pushing landlords for pandemic clauses to be inserted into their leases. Since The COVID-19 Pandemic forced the closure of all non-essential shops, restaurants, pubs and other facilities on 24 March 2020, tenants who are in negotiation for a new lease are increasingly requesting additional terms to mitigate the…
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Acting on behalf of the owners of a large derelict mill building in Manchester Roger Hannah have successfully appealed the rateable value reducing this to £0 backdated to April 2017. In what is an extremely complex area of Rating Law, our team have successfully argued and won on appeal saving the client more than £250,000…
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It is important for both Landlords and Tenants to take professional advice prior to commencing negotiations or serving of notice of a lease renewal and to obtain an appraisal of current market rent. On renewal of a lease the rent is assessed under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 as a market rent and is…
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Commercial Landlords and Tenants should take prompt professional advice when lease breaks are due. Recent judgements by the courts have cost Tenants hundreds of thousands of pounds. Whether you are a Landlord or Tenant you will need to ensure that you have covered all the relevant steps when you are considering ending a lease early…
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It is commonplace for leases to contain an open market rent review every five years. The rent review can generally be initiated by either the landlord or the tenant with time not being of the essence i.e. if the rent review date has come and gone and no reviewed rent has been agreed or determined…
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Whilst the Government have recently introduced a raft of aid for occupiers of commercial property there has been nothing to help Landlords who have vacant property with little prospect of an early letting. When a commercial property becomes vacant the liability for the business rates is passed back to the owner of the premises after…
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The Oasis Centre and One Manchester Housing Association have won the RICS Social Impact Awards – Project of the Year 2020 for the North West for their Gorton, Manchester development of a new Day Centre and 26 affordable houses. Roger Hannah put the project together over a 5 year period as part of their charitable…
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The Lease Advisory Team provide market-leading expertise to clients on all lease related disputes, whether it be rent reviews or lease renewals, extracting value from an asset through restructuring or re-gearing of leases, the surrender of commercial leases, or assignments and sub-lettings. The Department are accomplished in a host of complex Landlord and Tenant matters…
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The Business Rates team at Roger Hannah have been busy advising concerned clients and occupiers within the industrial, retail and office sectors as the ongoing Coronavirus Emergency develops and a countrywide lockdown of the UK and business continues. Our team can assist clients with applications for empty rates and Section 44A relief amongst other measures…
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