A recent Supreme Court decision dealt with the interpretation of a standard commercial service charge provision. Landlords and tenants will be interested in the Court’s finding that a certification provision in a service charge created a “pay now, argue later”
More about Pay now, argue later about service charge demandsAs readers are aware, the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (“Act“) brought into being the Register of Overseas Entities (“Register“). The provisions relating to the Register came into force in stages in August and September 2022 and the
More about Register of overseas entities… the story continuesThe recent Supreme Court case of Fearn & others v Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery has brought the ancient principles of nuisance under the spotlight. The decision has made headlines on all news channels, not just the legal
More about Tate that: When is a viewing platform an intrusion or nuisance?If you are a landlord who has a food and beverage (F&B) premises in your portfolio, or you are a prospective tenant who has found a site that is the perfect location for a restaurant, what are the top ten
More about Ten things to consider when letting a restaurantThe Contaminated Land Regime (“Regime“) governs the remediation of contaminated land in England and Wales and came into force on 1 April 2000. Over twenty years later, the Environment Act 1995 and the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (“EPA“) remain the
More about Unearthing contaminated landA local planning authority (“LPA”) can mitigate a development’s impact by making the grant of planning permission conditional on the completion of an agreement with, or a unilateral undertaking from, the landowner and/or developer. These agreements / undertakings (collectively known
More about What is a section 106 agreement?Miles J’s judgment in Re Sova Capital Ltd [2023] EWHC 452 (Ch) will, like that of Jonathan Hilliard QC in Re Petropavlovsk Plc,be welcomed as a further example of the courts acting to assist insolvency practitioners selling assets in unusual
More about Re Sova Capital Ltd [2023] EWHC 452 (Ch) Sale Of Assets, SanctionsIt is often in the interests of the parties to any dispute to settle the matter quickly and amicably. Litigation, being expensive and time consuming, is generally seen as a last resort. A crucial element of successful settlement discussions is
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