LEGAL SERVICES FOR YOUR BUSINESS 14 January 2021 | AshtonsLegal.co.uk
Commercial Property Insights
Snapshots from Commercial Property
Landlord service charge clause provision
There has been a provision in a service charge clause that states that the Landlord at the end of each year is to provide a certificate to the Tenant “as to the amount of the total cost and the sum payable by the Tenant”.
Rights of way
A recent case (McGill V Stewart & Anor) interpreted the words “a right of way with or without private motor vehicles” as placing a limit on the type of vehicle that could exercise the right.
Rates Mitigation
The recent Court of Appeal decision of London Borough of Southwark v Ludgate House Ltd 2020 puts into doubt the effectiveness of guardianship schemes as a rates mitigation strategy.
A guardianship scheme is designed to help landowners manage empty properties by providing security (to prevent, amongst other things, adverse possession) and also to avoid rates liability. It works by a third party contracting with a landowner to provide security. The third party then grants to one or more guardians a licence to occupy the building in question for residential purposes. The guardians in return agree to perform certain duties relating to security and pay a modest rent.
Online Training & Free Webinar
Our Unconscious Bias, Equality and Diversity in the Workplace training course is back by popular demand in 2021! We are running the session on 21 January at 10am on Microsoft Teams. This interactive workshop, with Claire Sleep from Ashtons Legal’s Employment Law team and Lucy Pakes from Ashtons HR Consulting, will look at the importance of diversity as well as the forms of discrimination under the Equality Act.
We have joined up with immigration law specialists, IBB Law, to bring you a FREE webinar to Make sense of the new UK immigration system. Richard Devall and Manisha Fatania from IBB Law's Immigration Law team and Claire Sleep from Ashtons Legal’s Employment Law team are hosting a free webinar to discuss the new points-based immigration system which came into force on 1 January 2021 following the UK's departure from the EU.
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