With a wealth of experience behind us, our commercial property team will address your specific business needs. Whether it’s property ownership, management, development, acquisition or disposal, our practical and constructive approach will enable you to focus on your business while we attend to the legal details.
We act for a wide range of clients across and beyond East Anglia including banks, developers, investors and business users of all types of property. Where necessary, we can draw on the expertise in other TS&P teams to provide a fully integrated approach.
We offer a City quality service at regional prices and our proactive and responsive approach will help ensure each stage of the transaction progresses smoothly and quickly.
Acquisition & Disposal
Acquisition and disposal of all types of property
Acquisition and management of property investments
Leasing property
Property Development
Site acquisition, planning issues and appeals, disposal
Joint ventures
Unusual or sophisticated transactions
Leases & Related Transactions
Acquisition and disposal of leases
Mineral leases and agreements
Creation & Enforcement of Security
Lending and other transactions involving security over property
Property-based financing of corporate transactions
Transactions that involve taxation issues
Ownership issues such as rent reviews, easements and compulsory purchases
Please contact us for more details or to arrange an initial consultation.
Update: Compulsory Acquisition
A recent Supreme Court decision is likely to have a significant impact on any proposed regeneration schemes which involve compulsory acquisition powers.
Checklist: Break Clauses in Leases
What is a break clause?
A break clause can be included in a fixed-term lease allowing either you or your landlord to terminate the lease early. Exercising a break clause brings the lease to an end, however, where the landlord breaks the lease, there is legislation in place which may allow you to remain in the property after the lease has ended. Depending on how your lease has been drafted, the right to break the lease may arise on one or more specified dates, or it may be exercisable at any time during the term of the lease on a rolling basis.
Checklist: Residential Service Charges
Legislation protects residential tenants from excessive service charges. Before entering into contracts to provide services or carry out works relating to residential properties, you should consider whether you need to consult with your tenants. If you fail to consult when required, you will only be able to recoup the statutory maximum, in the absence of a dispensation from the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal (LVT).
Checklist: Changes to the Building Regulations 2000
Version one: the construction industry
The Building Regulations 2000 apply to all buildings. A number of changes to the Regulations will come into force on 1 October 2010.
Checklist: Code for Home Builders Scheme
The Code for Home Builders Scheme (the Code) came into force on 1 April 2010 and applies in England, Wales and Scotland. It does not apply retrospectively.
Checklist: Implications of the Increase to the AST Rent Threshold
From 1 October 2010, legislation will come into force in England that increases the annual rent threshold for an assured tenancy to £100,000. At the moment, a tenancy cannot be an assured tenancy if the rent is more than £25,000 a year. These tenancies are known as “common law tenancies”.
David Goss – Legal Executive
David deals with all aspects of commercial property law including sales and purchases, leases, landlord and tenant and all general matters in relation to property and has over 30 years experience in commercial property.
Tel: 01206 217020
Email: dgoss@tsplegal.com