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  • Commercial Real Estate
  • 16 March 2022

Clarkslegal advises Crown Packaging on new beverage can plant in Peterborough

The Commercial Real Estate team at Clarkslegal has advised on the purchase and redevelopment of a state-of-the-art new beverage can plant site in Peterborough for Crown Packaging.
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  • Commercial Real Estate
  • 10 February 2022

Landowner obligations in respect of tenant’s waste and fly-tipping

Fly-tipping is an offence under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, incurring not only financial penalties but also potential imprisonment.
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  • Commercial Real Estate
  • 26 January 2022

Historic rent reviews: A warning for tenants

We have been asked whether a landlord is able to operate historic rent reviews. 

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  • Commercial Real Estate
  • 17 January 2022

Top 5 tips before taking on a restaurant property

Often the hardest part of opening a restaurant is finding the perfect property for your venture but once you are in then you then need to make it a success.
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  • Commercial Real Estate
  • 11 January 2022

Rent Reviews – are you being treated fairly?

We highlight rent review points from two transactions where we have acted for the prospective tenants and were asked to advise whether the wording of the rent review clauses had a disadvantageous effect on the tenants in question.
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  • Commercial Real Estate
  • 29 November 2021

Tenants beware of repair obligations in a commercial lease

The judgement in the recent case is a reminder to all tenants of the importance of carefully reviewing a lease of part, to make sure the landlord is under an obligation to maintain and keep the whole of a building in repair.

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  • Commercial Real Estate
  • 10 November 2021

New Code of Practice for Commercial property relationships post pandemic

The Government has published its new, Code of Practice for Commercial Property Relationships following the COVID-19 pandemic, which replaces the previous Code of Practice published in June 2020.

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  • Commercial Real Estate
  • 08 November 2021

Is your local pub under threat? How can you save it?

The Localism Act 2011 (LA 2011) contains several proposals to give local authorities new freedoms and flexibility in order to protect local services and drive growth. The general power gives councils more freedom to work together with others in new ways to drive down costs. It gives them increased confidence to do creative, innovative things to meet local people’s needs.

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  • Commercial Real Estate
  • 08 September 2021

Can I turn my shop into a residential property?

We saw significant changes to the commercial use classes system in September 2020. However, one of the most significant adjustments has been implemented without much fanfare or publicity. It is the change that was put in force since 1 August 2021 permitting development to convert shops into residential units; (Use class E to use class C3).

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