Landlords: Can you Recover Costs from your Tenants?

The ability of landlords to recover the costs of taking action against tenants for dilapidations or indeed any breach of covenant can be fraught. Far from being an automatic entitlement, it will depend upon the wording of the lease. Costs clauses in leases are many and varied - some rather better than others.

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New Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations - what does this mean for you?

This post was written by Siobhan Hayes, Emma Parsons and Catrin Phillips

On 6 April 2010, the new Community Infrastructure Levy (‘CIL’) Regulations came into force, partially replacing the current system of Section 106 agreements. There won’t be an immediate change in the planning regime, but now is the time to think about the CIL and any potential impact on future developments and transactions.

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