Rent review — Landlord to apply “at any time” after appropriate date for appointment of surveyor in default of agreement — Whether time limit to be implied — Whether tenant…
Lease of commercial premises — Rent review provisions — Time limit for application to appoint arbitrator — Whether landlords should be permitted to apply out of time –Whether change in…
Rent review — Valuation of retail premises — Arbitrator applying requirement in lease to value on overall basis rather than on zoning basis — Whether grounds for challenging arbitrator’s award…
Arbitration — Rent review — Appeal — Section 68 of Arbitration Act 1996 — Arbitrator determining rent review — Determination of modern ground rent — Whether arbitrator adopting valuation approach…
Rent review — Counternotice — Tenant serving counternotice at appellant landlord’s old address — New address communicated to tenant’s solicitor — Whether knowledge of new address to be imputed to…
A recent departure from reality by the Court of Appeal could leave tenants paying over the odds when it comes to rent reviews.
Business lease — Rent review clause — Construction — Whether clause requiring arbitrator to disregard differences in value of comparables in certain areas attributable to geographical location — Whether such…
A recent rent review dispute has caused a stir. The dispute concerned Britain’s biggest selling broadsheet, The Daily Telegraph, huge sums of money and one of the country’s most prestigious…
Lease providing for a “hypothetical lease” for rent review purposes — Whether on basis of “presumption of reality” hypothetical lease to run from date of grant of lease or from…
Rent review — Arbitration — Arbitrator adopting different approach to comparables from that suggested by parties’ experts — Whether serious irregularity — Section 68 of Arbitration Act 1996 — Appeal…
Parties agreeing to alter size of agricultural holding — Respondent landlord increasing rent — Whether rent increase exempting appellants from rent review — Paragraph 4(1)(b) of Schedule 2 to Agricultural…
Rent review — Arbitration — Serious irregularity — Whether arbitrator erring in making deductions from rent for matters not raised by parties without affording claimant opportunity to comment — Whether…