We have opened a new office in Old Harlow, Essex. The expansion into the town is to provide landowners, commercial landlords, commercial tenants, and property developers easier access to the firm’s commercial property legal services....
Nicholas Davies, Commercial Property Solicitor at HRJ Foreman Laws Solicitors highlights some of the most important things landlords and tenants should know about dilapidations clauses in a commercial lease....
Harjeet Pansear, commercial property solicitor at HRJ Foreman Laws Solicitors takes a closer look at the 'quiet enjoyment' and 'derogation from grant' concepts in a commercial lease. How can they can affect landlords and tenants?...
A ‘Green’ Commercial Property Market. Since the UK Government’s demand for sustainability and a shift towards achieving carbon neutral status by 2050, the commercial property market will undoubtedly see significant changes over the next decade. Emma White, commercial property paralegal at HRJ Foreman Laws solicitors considers the...
If you are entering into a lease for a commercial premises, it is important to understand what your responsibilities will be if you want, or need, to assign the remaining term of the lease in future, says Orlagh Willis, commercial property paralegal at HRJ Foreman...
We have previously discussed the effect of the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022 on lease extensions after 30 June 2022 (being the date that the act came into force). This limited the ground rent to a peppercorn for all leases granted after that date but...
If you own or are buying a property with a rentcharge, it is important to understand the implications, says Nick Davies, commercial property solicitor at HRJ Foreman Laws Solicitors. What is a rentcharge? A Rentcharge relates to freehold property and should not be confused with ground rent. In brief,...
Read on to find out more about The Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022....
If you are looking to take a commercial property lease or if you are looking to buy a commercial freehold, then negotiating the sale contract or the terms of the lease is an important part of the process. But there are other aspects of a...
At the end of March 2021, the Housing Secretary announced changes to permitted development rules in England. These changes, effective from 1st August 2021, allow the conversion of certain commercial properties to residential use without requiring full planning permission, subject to prior approval and specific...