What is a tenant’s legal status? Can a landlord throw a tenant out on lease expiry? Does a tenant receive any statutory compensation if the landlord terminates the lease? It is widely known that an occupied site held on a lease ‘inside’ the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (the 54… read more »
Do not automatically rely on open market evidence Identifying the ‘hypothetical tenant’ Clear financial benefits with the right approach It is widely known that there is an acknowledged hierarchy of evidence: Open market lettings Arm’s length lease renewals or rent review agreements Expert determinations Arbitrators’ awards A lease renewal determined… read more »
June 2017: Gilbert Evans has advised Bridgford Garden Centre owner, Edward Tarbatt, on the centre’s planned redevelopment and its 35-year lease to Blue Diamond. The development will be one of the largest in the UK garden centre sector, resulting in a garden centre of over 140,000 sq ft. The site… read more »
April 2017: As one of the UK’s leading garden centre property experts, Mike Gilbert was commissioned by DIY Week to write an article on what’s having the biggest impact on the garden centre sector. The good news is that demand is as strong as it has been for years. Click… read more »
A new appeal process to challenge new rateable values
A greater onus on ratepayers to ensure appeals have merit
Appeals may take over two years to process