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Before either party incurs any legal costs for your lease, sale or purchase, it is best to negotiate and agree the main terms of your transaction (these are the ‘Heads of Terms’).  They do not need to be overly detailed and should…

This may seem like an obvious piece of advice before buying a commercial property, but it is an extremely sensible piece of advice!  Your heart may have fallen in love with your potential next premises, but in business your head ought to agree…

A new procedure enabling planning applications for ‘permission in principle’ for small-scale residential development is due to apply from 1 June 2018.  The legislation for the new procedure was originally published in December 2017…

Recent decision by the court of appeal on implied repairing covenants in a commercial shop lease In a recent decision by the Court of Appeal (J N Hipwell & Son v Szurek 2018 ) Mrs Szurek, who was the tenant of a café, experienced…