Maples Teesdale Solicitors – Commercial Property Solicitors

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	Legal Bulletins
	We regularly publish Legal Bulletins to alert our clients and interested parties to changes in the Law that may affect their businesses.

	April 2008 Law Reform - Rights Affecting Property - Easements and Covenants

	Easements and covenants are of practical importance to a large number of landowners and developers. Rights of way or covenants restricting the development of land will have inevitable consequences for the viability of any proposed development. Recent cases dealing with rights of light have illustrated how important the proper consideration and interpretation of these rights can be to the success of commercial developments.... Download the Full Bulletin here >>>


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February 2008

Failure to Complete

The recent downturn in the commercial property market is likely to lead to an increase in the number of purchasers failing to complete. In such circumstances, the vendor's ability to forfeit the deposit will be a key consideration for the parties.

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June 2007

A Landlord's Guide to complying with

The Code for Leasing Business Premises

The Code for Leasing Business Premises in England and Wales 2007 is the result of a government-endorsed collaboration between a number of groups representing both landlords and tenants.

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April 2007

Damages for infringement of right to light based on share of profit

In another recent decision that will cause concern to developers, Tamares (Vincent Square) Limited v Fairpoint Properties (Vincent Square) Ltd [2007], the High Court has awarded a claimant substantial damages (despite the very limited loss of amenity) based on one third of the profit generated by that part of the development built in breach of the claimant’s right to light.

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March 2007

RICS Code of Practice for Service Charges in Commercial Property

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has published a Code of Practice for Service Charges in Commercial Property (“the Code”), which comes into effect on 1 April 2007 in England and Wales.

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November 2006

Developers beware injunctions to protect right to light

In a recent decision that will cause concern to developers the Court of Appeal has effectively reversed the present tendency of Courts to grant damages instead of injunctive relief to neighbours complaining about interference to their rights to light...

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October 2006	Changes to the Law of Distress	The Government is proposing to abolish the common law right to distrain for arrears of rent and to replace it with a new statutory right of commercial rent arrears recovery (called "CRAR"). Download Full Bulletin >>>

June 2006	CVAs – are they an escape for tenants from unwanted leases?	The recent spate of Company Voluntary Arrangements (CVAs) is concerning many landlords and rightly so given their potential impact on future rental income and investment value... Download Full Bulletin >>>

April 2006	Planning Gain Supplement	PGS is a development tax, through which the Government hope to capture a “modest” proportion of the uplift in land value following the grant of planning permission. Download Full Bulletin >>>

February 2006	Regulatory Reform (Fire Saftey) Order 2005	There is no smoke without fire but who is responsible?.. One of the main changes implemented by the Order is that Fire Certificates will be abolished... Download Full Bulletin >>>


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