Abuses of Process and Commercial Litigation
Parties to commercial litigation should be aware that they have one chance to argue points of law in litigation, and concessions in earlier litigation prevent them from raising the point in subsequent litigation.

In Brief - July 2005
Stamp Duty Land Tax can bite before the lease is executed. The Act determines that the tax is payable when there is ‘substantial performance’ of a lease transaction.

In Brief - Unsatisfactory Housing - New Regime Implemented
Commercial landlords should take note of new systems for assessing the fitness of housing which will be brought into play by the Housing Act 2004.

Disputed Valuations of Commercial Property
In a recent case the Inland Revenue succeeded in raising a tax assessment based on the value of a property transaction.

Briefing Note - Invoking a Rent Review on a Commercial or Residential Tenancy
In a recent case, a lease contract stipulated that a landlord was entitled to initiate a periodic rent review; Has the tenant the right to require a rent review to be carried out?

Briefing Note - Repair Covenants in Commercial Leases
Consideration of repair covenants in lease contracts: Whether they were real or supposed is key to deciding whether a breach has actually taken place.

Appealing Rates Assessments
Business owners who wish to appeal the 2005 valuation put on their business premises by the Valuation Officer can now do so.

Briefing Note - Company Consents, Successors in Title and Covenants
When a company ceases to exist, doubt is created in the enforcement of covenants.