Commercial Property
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News & Insights
What to consider as a tenant taking on office space
As we emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic, with no further national restrictions, companies may be considering relocating, or re-taking, of...
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The Environment Bill
For many years now, an Environment Bill has been awaited from the Government, considering the ever-increasing concerns about matters such...
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Changing property requirements for commercial tenants: downsizing o...
The ongoing pandemic has really put remote working to the test and has had a significant impact on how we live and work. For some, remote...
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Winding-up petitions are back on…(unless you are a commercial landl...
The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 restricted the use of statutory demands and winding-up petitions to allow businesses to ...
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Double Partner Promotion at Morrisons
We are delighted to announce the promotion of Lily Mclean and Laura Hooke to the Partnership, effective from 1st May 2021. Lily Mclean jo...
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What Landlords Should Know About Energy Standards
With just a few exceptions, all properties have an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating, indicating how energy efficient it is, wi...
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What’s the Use? – Changing the use of commercial properties
On 30 June, Boris Johnson announced the most radical reforms to our planning system since the Second World War as part of the Government’...
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Lease Code 2020
Our Commercial Property department, look at the new Lease Code for Leasing Business Premises in England and Wales 2020 being introduced o...
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Covid-19: Provisions in Commercial Property Contracts
Our Commercial Property department, look at possible amendments to standard contract documents as a result of the effects of COVID-19 on ...
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Unprecedented challenges for commercial tenants as a result of Covi...
Tanuja Sellahewa, a Partner in our Commercial Property department, looks at the effects of Covid-19 on commercial tenants. We are now fac...
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Full repairing and insuring leases and why tenants should be wary
A landlord will often insist that a tenant takes a full repairing and insuring lease (FRI lease). This means that a tenant will be respon...
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Someone Call Security
Aranja Pillai, a solicitor in our Commercial Property department, discusses the important decision of TFS Stores Limited v BMG (Ashford) ...
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Will Sprinklers Provide Safety?
Our Commercial Property department, looks at the current steps being taken by the Government towards improving building safety following ...
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Preparing your commercial property for a sale
One of the first questions a seller of commercial property often asks, is how long will the sale take to go through? For many reasons, sp...
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When it is not good to talk
Cathryn Pernstich, a Senior Associate Solicitor in our Commercial Property Team, looks at rights of ways over adjoining land. A right of ...
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Who repairs what? – repairing liabilities in leases
Our Commercial Property Team, looks at repairing liabilities in leases. Most modern day leases will usually require a tenant to keep the ...