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Thursfields Helps Welcome Yakinori to Solihull | Commercial property law
On Wednesday 11 March Yakinori opened the doors of it’s latest restaurant, a new 3,000 sq ft premises at Touchwood Solihull. The restaurant, offering a fresh and innovative approach to Japanese food is a very welcome addition to Touchwood’s cuisine, and has completely transformed the former Drucker’s premises with its new, vibrant and colourful offering.…
Read MoreChanges to Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards | Commercial Property
Cutting your Carbon Footprint for Compliance As you may be aware, the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (‘MEES’) came into force in April 2018. So whilst MEES created a legal obligation on commercial landlords setting a minimum band of an E rating relating to Energy Performance Certificates (‘EPC’) for all new commercial lettings, it was only…
Read MoreLocal family buy and relaunch historic pub, helped by Thursfields | Commercial Property
An early 19th century rural pub in the Midlands has been bought and relaunched by a local family, helped by Thursfields Solicitors. Thursfields advised partners Gareth Clowes and Luise Middleton on the purchase of The Bell Inn at Pensax, a village in north-west Worcestershire. The venue has been a traditional pub since the early 1800s…
Read MoreThursfields advises on purchase of care home | Commercial property
Thursfields Solicitors has advised the purchaser of a former care home in Northampton which will now be adapted for supported living. Senior Associate Stewart Coles, a commercial property lawyer in Thursfields’ Halesowen office, led the team which advised CJS Care (Northampton) Ltd on the purchase of Trinity House, a Victorian former nursing home. Care homes…
Read MoreSelling part of a Commercial Property
There are a number of matters which should be considered before selling part of a commercial property. These are as follows: Rights It might be necessary for rights to be granted for the benefit of the land being sold and rights to be reserved for the land that is being retained. For example, if we…
Read MoreStorm Ciara – Ready for the clean-up? | Commercial Property
Have you checked the terms of your insurance and your lease recently to see if you are covered in the event of a storm or flood? All too often these matters are not checked until the worst has happened and following the devastation of a flood the last thing anyone needs is to find they…
Read MoreThursfields’ Worcester office strengthens its Commercial Property team
Thursfields Solicitors has recruited an experienced American lawyer to join the Commercial Property team at its Worcester office. Katherine Hall has joined the team after spending the last five years working in the Worcester market having trained at a local firm and qualifying as a UK solicitor in August 2015. Tony Gibb, a Director in…
Read MoreScaffolding disturbs the Tenant’s peace? | Commercial Property
Most commercial leases impose an obligation on the landlord to give the tenant the right to peacefully enjoy their premises. This provision was recently considered in Jafari v Tareem Limited where scaffolding was erected around a dental practice for almost 2 years because the landlord wanted to convert the block into a 134 bedroom hotel.…
Read MoreHeads of Terms: Commercial Property
Head of Terms: what are they, why should we have them and are they enforceable? Heads of Terms are a document that sets out key terms in a transaction; they are commonly used in commercial transactions such as property purchases, sales and leases. Heads of Terms can include the following fundamental information:- Heads of Terms…
Read MoreBasic “freedom to contract” principle | Commercial property
The freedom to contract principle means benefits can automatically transfer to third parties A recent court ruling relating to an agreement for lease issue has grabbed our attention. The Bella Italia Restaurants Ltd v Stane Park Ltd and others case saw Bella trying to terminate an agreement for lease on a property in Colchester originally…
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