To read this article as a PDF, please click here. As a consequence of the COVID-19 outbreak we are all now living in unprecedented times. Shops selling non-essential goods have been forced to close. People have been instructed to stay at home. So what does this mean for landlords and tenants? THE LAW, WHAT …
Tag: commercial property
Licences for occupation – is your short term licence agreement actually a formal tenancy?
A recent ruling is likely to have significant consequences for guardian property companies (and other landlords) who use licence agreements to place occupiers into properties to protect against squatters and vandalism. The case of Camelot Property Management Limited and Camelot Guardian Management Limited v Roynon [2017] highlights the importance of carrying through in practice what …
Retail goes Pop at Christmas
The rise of the ‘pop up’ shop in shopping centres and high streets throughout the UK has kept the retail team at Sherrards working flat out in the run up to Christmas. Led by Terry Fendt and Stephanie Kierans, they have provided the legal advice on 28 pop up stores for long standing client Menkind …
Don’t get in a ‘MEES’ about the new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards
We are now less than a year away from the introduction of the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES), which are due to come into force on 1 April 2018 and will make it unlawful to grant a new lease of residential or commercial premises with an EPC rating of band F or G. As this …
Locked In A Room!
Long standing client of Sherrards’ commercial property team ‘Locked In A Room’ has just opened its third site in Milton Keynes. With other sites in London Excel and Arelight House Bristol. Locked In a Room is the UK’s largest escape room experiences where participants work through a series of tests, puzzles and clues to unlock …
How to get bankers to say ‘yes’ to your real estate funding request
Our latest REAL (Real Estate Around London) in association with WMT accountants and LSH welcomed guest speaker John Gillen, Director of Natwest Real Estate Finance. REAL (Real Estate Around London) is a commercial property networking seminar aimed at professionals in the Herts, Beds and Bucks area and offers a forum for those in the sector to …
Welcoming Charles Hodder to Sherrards
Sherrards’ would like to announce the recent appointment of Charles Hodder, joining us in our London office as a Commercial Property Partner, following a move to the West End. Charles Hodder has worked in commercial property for over 20 years and brings a great deal of experience to the firm and is well respected by clients. …
Raising a glass to Snug Bar’s success
It’s always a pleasure to tell a story about the success of one of our commercial property clients, and it has been a particular delight to see the Snug Bar grow and grow. It all started back in 2005 when Snug owner operators Giles Fry and Ashley Moore set out to create their own unique …
Public sector must be more commercial
We were delighted to welcome David Lloyd, Police and Crime Commissioner for Hertfordshire to our REAL property seminar yesterday at Beale’s Hotel in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. ‘How does this relate to property?’ I hear you ask. In a nutshell: the County Council’s huge landholdings and their desire to collaborate even more closely with the private sector …
Landlord’s Development v Quiet Enjoyment
In what is proving to be a competitive market for commercial landlords, many are looking for different options to maximise the revenue from their investments by undertaking works to all or part of a tenant occupied building. This gives Landlords the opportunity to increase their yields by exploring potential developments or conversions of their building. …