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1st May 2013
Mark Keirl
Kenya Aid Programme v Sheffield City Council
The High Court has allowed an appeal by a charity against an order to pay business rates in excess of £1,600,000.
Charities are entitled to mandatory business rates relief if a property they…
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25th April 2013
Roger Hannah
Business Rates – VOA v Mazars LLP
A Court of Appeal has upheld the finding of the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) that non-adjoining floors in the…
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11th January 2013
John Somerville
Landlord and Tenant – No implied insurance recovery in Service charge clause
In a recent case where, by mistake, a lease contained no express clause for the landlord to recover the insurance premium from the tenant, it was held that…
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12th December 2012
Mark Keirl
A Landlords Right To Recover His costs for dealing with assignments/underlettings
The Upper Tribunal, in four recent decisions, considered…
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6th December 2012
John Somerville
Landlord and Tenant – Service Charge Clauses – no special Rules of Interpretation
The High Court in a recent decision has raised doubts about the existence of hitherto generally accepted rules of interpretation of service charge clauses,…
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22nd November 2012
Mark Keirl
Review your Business Rates Bill
Business rates are a large part of the cost of occupying any property and there are many examples of business’ that have run into financial difficulty because of these high charges. Business…
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21st November 2012
Mark Keirl
Could we be seeing a Local Authority Dash for the Cash?
The Local Government Finance Act 2012 creates a new model for funding local authorities from April 2013, linking their financial revenue to the decisions they take…
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7th November 2012
Mark Keirl
Business Rates: Are Northern Businesses set to Subsidise their Southern Brothers?
The Government’s proposals to cancel the 2015 rates revaluation will see many small struggling businesses forced to pay taxes against 2008 valuations, made near the…
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5th November 2012
Demetri Papaioannou
Courts rule in favour of empty rates mitigation
The High Court has ruled in favour of empty rates avoidance giving reassurance to landlords of vacant properties.
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The High Court…