Legal wrap: Business rates, sale and leasebacks and residential leasehold

Welcome to your weekly round-up of the pick of the content published on EG Legal. This week, we have an update on business rates following the chancellor’s Autumn Statement, with some positive news for the high street ahead of the 2023 revaluation. In addition, we have an article detailing how sale-and-leaseback deals could be beneficial for both investors and tenants in the current economic climate. And, as always, there’s plenty more on offer below. Legal news Architectural campaigners fail in bid to stop demolition of Herefordshire school building Save Britain’s Heritage has been battling to save a Gothic-style school Libyan sovereign wealth fund fights court battle over hotel development The case relates to plans to build a flagship Crowne Plaza hotel near Potters Bar Legal features Business rates: where are we now? The Autumn Statement and the first draft list for six years mean some big changes are coming, according to John Webber Sale and leasebacks: a win-win scenario? Harriet Banner considers whether sale and leasebacks are a means to liquidity in turbulent times Residential leasehold: your house, their rules Samuel Lear addresses how not to fall foul of clauses that can restrict the use of leaseholders’ property Tread carefully: the Landlord and Tenant Act 1927 Paul Henson explains how to negotiate the minefield that is Part I of the Act Legal note: Ensuring your notice to quit is valid Louise Clark analyses a case that makes clear a notice to quit addressed to the wrong party is invalid and can’t be remedied Practice points Trustees in bankruptcy: refusal to join eviction proceedings was perverse Patley Wood Farm LLP and others v Kicks and another Proposal for telecoms mast quashed after inspector’s decision ruled inadequate Murtagh v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and others Case summaries R (on the application of Save Britain’s Heritage) v Herefordshire County Council Town and country planning – Permitted development – Prior approval Murtagh v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Town and country planning – Prior approval – Telecommunications Law report Adil Catering Ltd v Westminster City Council Housing – House in multiple occupation – Civil penalty – Reasonable excuse   For more legal articles and to search our extensive archive, visit EG Legal To send feedback, e-mail jess.harrold@eg.co.uk or tweet @EGPropertyNews