Areas covered
- Open market rent at rent review and 1954 Act renewal
- Dilapidations quantum and diminution in the value of the reversion
- Compulsory purchase compensation and Part 1 claims for injurious affection
- Retail viability, zoning and comparable evidence disputes
Background
Chartered Surveyor since 1989 with over forty years in retail property, a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and a Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University where he is course leader on the MSc Real Estate — having previously taught the law of lease renewals and rent reviews, dilapidations and compulsory purchase at Sheffield Hallam and Birmingham City universities.
Instructions
Instructions are accepted from solicitors and directly from occupiers, for arbitration, independent expert determination, court proceedings and the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber). Single joint expert appointments are also undertaken.
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Chris McGarrigle MRICS, chartered since 1989, acting for occupiers across England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland.
chris@mcgarrigle.comRelated guides
- Rent Review ArbitrationHow rent review arbitration works under the Arbitration Act 1996: appointment, directions, submissions, awards, costs and when to settle instead.
- Section 18 ValuationSection 18(1) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1927 caps dilapidations damages at the diminution in the value of the reversion. How the valuation works.
- Commercial Dilapidations SurveyorDilapidations claims challenged and settled for tenants: interim and terminal schedules, Section 18 cap, diminution valuation and Protocol compliance.