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Extreme weather patterns in the UK have resulted in...
- Categories: Your business, Commercial property
- Posted: Friday 30th November 2012
The Environment Agency has revealed that a staggering one in six properties is now at risk of flooding and this week’s weather has probably increased this figure! The current arrangement between the...
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Warning to commercial land owners - Squatters may be...
- Categories: Your business, Commercial property, Dispute resolution for your business
- Posted: Monday 5th November 2012
Today’s Financial Times has reported that, following squatting in a residential building becoming a criminal offence on 01 September, squatters are now turning to empty commercial buildings, including...
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Break Clauses: A Warning to Tenants
- Categories: Commercial property
- Posted: Thursday 23rd February 2012
What is a break clause? A break clause can be included in a fixed-term lease allowing either you or your landlord to terminate the lease early. Exercising a break clause brings the lease to an end. However,...
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The Index of Proprietors’ Names search
- Categories: Commercial property, Dispute resolution, Residential conveyancing, Dispute resolution for your business
- Posted: Wednesday 2nd November 2011
SEEK… AND YE SHALL FIND! A new property ownership search facility offered by the Land Registry may be a valuable tool for those with an interest in the property of a registered owner – such as...
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Checklist: break clauses in leases
- Categories: Your business, Commercial property, Dispute resolution for your business
- Posted: Monday 13th September 2010
What is a break clause? A break clause can be included in a fixed-term lease allowing either tenant or a landlord to terminate the lease early. Exercising a break clause brings the lease to an end, however,...
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When is it reasonable for a landlord to withhold...
- Categories: Your business, Commercial property
- Posted: Monday 13th September 2010
Assignment is the process whereby a tenant can sell, or “assign”, an existing leasehold interest to a new tenant. Most leases permit assignment on the condition that the landlord’s consent...
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Commercial landlords: rent arrears
- Categories: Your business, Commercial property
- Posted: Monday 15th February 2010
The value of offices, retail space and warehouses has fallen by around 45pc since the onset of the credit crisis in 2007. The sector's demise has played a major role in the woes being endured by Britain's...
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Going once… change to auction conditions
- Categories: Your business, Commercial property
- Posted: Monday 15th February 2010
A commercial property update.... On 23 September 2009, the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (“RICS”) launched the third edition of the Common Auction Conditions (available at...
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The turning tide for commercial tenants
- Categories: Your business, Commercial property
- Posted: Friday 4th September 2009
How to work the economic downturn to your advantage in lease negotiations Weathering the stormThe recession continues, with the news giving daily reports of established retail tenants going into...
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Greener leases
- Categories: Your business, Commercial property
- Posted: Tuesday 16th June 2009
It is probably not surprising that in a world where everyone is increasingly concerned about the environment, that the property industry is thinking about issues of sustainability of existing and new...
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