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Could landlords go further to support restaurant / pub / nightclub tenants? Some tenants might suggest that landlords agree (either on a lease renewal or in a deed of variation to a current lease) that rent will be

An increasing number of family offices are looking at direct investment. The attraction of lower fees coupled with the ability to have greater influence over investments is attractive.

Historically private

With investors looking to increase their asset allocation to crypto assets, the ability of regulators to keep up with minimising risk for participants is becoming increasingly important.

There is also a lack of

Family offices and HNWs don't have the same constraints as institutional investors; for one they can afford to take a very long term view.

Pre-Covid the competitiveness of capital was high and many HNWs and

Although neighbours cannot generally stop a property owner from carrying out works, their interests can be protected in a number of ways through the party wall procedure. If you are intending to carry out works which

Will we ever see office occupiers sign up to a 10+ year city centre lease again? 

Many may not and the demand for more flexible space looks set to increase. Indeed, some existing serviced office providers

On 1 September 2020, new planning use class E came into force. Use class E groups together shops, restaurants, offices, gyms, GP's and nurseries into one planning use class. As such, it is now possible to switch

The postponement of the Budget is yet another peculiarity of 2020 fostered by Covid 19. Not a few people had forecast that the long heralded removal of certain tax reliefs would finally come to pass this autumn as a

The Jersey Royal Court held recently that it had no power to set aside the establishment of a Jersey Foundation on the grounds of mistake. 

The regime governing Jersey Foundations is contained in the

The International Trade Secretary recently established 11 trade advisory groups (TAGs) to help advise on Brexit trade negotiations. The construction sector was not one of them, which is surprising given the Prime

Rupert Merson (adjunct professor at London Business School) has written an interesting piece on how family businesses have more in common than they realise.

In particular he discusses the interesting phenomenon

Retirees (at the age when retirement is first possible for most of us!) are the group most vulnerable to coronaviruses and are naturally concerned to stay safe.  Equally, what is staying safe worth if it results

Interesting comments from the Chief Executive of the Charity Commission.  The focus on transparency that comes with the revamped version of the public charity search for England & Wales (see

The decision of the Court of Appeal for Bermuda in Grand View Private Trust Company Ltd. v Wong & ors (Civil Appeal No. 5A of 2019) dealt with the important issue of whether there is some

A positive step in the right direction. Grosvenor, as one of the oldest landlords in the business has introduced a new 'green' form of lease. 

Renowned florist, Pulbrook & Gould will run its flagship

Covid-19 has accelerated trends that were already in play, possibly nowhere more so than those affecting physical retail stores.  Online shopping was already having a negative effect on traditional retail

The moratorium preventing commercial property tenants from being evicted has been extended until the end of 2020. This is clearly designed to help businesses protect jobs. Fixed property costs (including rent) are

With the announcement today that more than 400 New Look stores will be moving to turnover based rents, it seems that retail sector leases are well and truly set for change. Just one of a number of recent

Judgment was handed down today in the business interruption insurance test case brought by the FCA, with the findings generally being positive for policyholders.

The Court found that most of the relevant

With new lockdown measures taking effect this week, you can't blame clients for feeling that the economic recovery we have seen over the last few months will come to a grinding halt.

We are however seeing signs