Occupier Essentials: managing property when it is business critical but not your core business

If your business occupies commercial premises, whether offices, retail units, industrial space or a mixed portfolio, the legal landscape governing your relationship with your landlord is changing.

Our property disputes experts, Michael Smart, George Bristow and Lara Bathurst, will guide corporate occupiers through the practical issues that affect your portfolio day to day, give clear, actionable guidance on the issues that matter most to the business right now and share insights into potential legal reform which may impact future property needs.

We will cover:

• Core landlord and tenant issues – break clauses and compliance with strict conditions, statutory notices and compliance deadlines, lease expiry obligations, dilapidations and reinstatement
• Recent regulatory changes – meeting tightening energy efficiency requirements (including planning ahead to meet the proposed EPC B rating threshold by 2031) and the ban on upwards only rent reviews

Upcoming reform – the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 – key proposals around the renewal process, landlord opposition and tenant compensation – and what the changes could mean for your portfolio.