Quarter Day – December 2013

Welcome to the December 2013 edition of our Quarter Day newsletter.

Fladgate LLP Quarter Day December 2013

• Party walls again You wait years for some case law on the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 and then several come along at once. [more]
• Empty rates In the past few editions of Quarter Day we have addressed the thorny issue of empty rates; the government has now intervened. [more]
• Risky negotiations: contracted out leases A recent case has highlighted some very serious issues for, perhaps, both landlords and tenants when a tenant remains in occupation after a lease which has been contracted out of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 expires. [more]
• Incorporation of main contract terms Sometimes taking a short cut may lead you up a blind alley. The same may also be true if you attempt a contractual short cut. [more]
• Taking advantage of the new permitted development rights: Office to Resi On 30 May 2013, the government introduced changes to the planning system affecting permitted development rights. [more]
• Settling unopposed lease renewals: tricks and traps Calderbank offers give more flexibility than Part 36 offers which may be useful in an unopposed lease renewal context, particularly where the parties have referred any outstanding issues to PACT. [more]

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