• Alterations to commercial premises: are you at risk?

    2nd May 2013, By Alice Bainton, James Corbett in Real Estate, Real Estate & Development

    Commercial tenants often need to carry out fit-out or other works to premises, but despite the restrictions in many commercial leases, the legal paperwork is sometimes ignored. This is a mistake. Getting the paperwork wrong, or ignoring it altogether, can hand a weapon to the landlord and could lead to protracted and expensive disputes down the line, sometimes involving extra remedial works, “unfair” rental uplifts, damages and - in drastic cases - forfeiture of the lease itself. Read more

  • Rights to Light: relaxing the rules

    2nd May 2013, By James Corbett in Real Estate, Real Estate & Development

    The Law Commission (with a standing brief from the government to review areas of the law felt to be unsatisfactory) is currently inviting views on proposed changes to rights to light, which have been identified as causing “a disproportionately negative impact upon the potential for the development of land”. Read more

  • New air conditioning regulations: your business might be affected!

    From 1 January 2015, it will become illegal to use any form of R22 to service or maintain any cooling system, so in due course, R22-guzzling systems will be unusable (legally!) and will either need to be converted to "cleaner" forms of propellant or (if conversion is not practical) need to be replaced entirely. Read more

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