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On most construction projects, the contractor will take on obligations to the employer that need to be reflected in the subcontracts below it. That is where back-to-back drafting commonly comes in.  The difficulty is that the same wording does not always produce the same result. A notice period that works in the main contract may…

Planning permission can add significant value to a development site. However, that value depends heavily on the scheme being capable of delivery, and that is something that planning permission does not establish.  Access is a good example. A planning authority may be satisfied that a proposed access works in highways and planning terms, but that…

For commercial tenants approaching lease expiry, staying put is increasingly a genuine alternative to relocation. There may be good reasons for it. Avoiding the cost and carbon associated with a move, retaining a location that works, and using refurbishment to create a substantially different workplace without changing address all makes sense. But there is a…

Granting an EVCP (Electric Vehicle Charging Point) lease can appear to be an easy commercial win. A specialist operator funds the infrastructure, the site becomes more attractive to occupiers, and the landlord secures an additional income stream with relatively little capital investment. On the surface, it looks like a straightforward way of future-proofing a commercial…