...Malcolm John Dowden Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consider the impact on rent review clauses of a recent UK Supreme Court ruling on the interpretation and application of contractual provisions. Although the ruling in Arnold v. Britton (2015) UKSC 36 concerned service charge...

...Malcolm Dowden Purpose – The purpose of this legal update is to examine the recent case law relating to rent review in England and Wales. The paper argues that as rent terms have reduced in length, and as market conditions have tended to produce nil-uplifts, there have been relatively few review...

... in the USA generally have overage rent clauses that allow the landlord additional rent if sales exceed a breakpoint, but set a minimum rent level under any sales conditions. Similarly, upward‐only rent review clauses are common in the UK and Australia (as well as other commonwealth countries). Here the rent...

...P.F. Smith In February 1973, when the lease,whose duration is not specified in the brief report, was granted, the land concerned was vacant. The premises clause of the lease defined the premises as including land and buildings. The rent review clause required the new rent should be such higher...

...Charles Ward; Nick French The upwards‐only rent review is a characteristic feature of the institutional property lease in the UK. It has been subject to increased attention by investors and regulators in the 1990s with various proposals which sought to make upwards‐only rent reviews illegal...

.... Critically examines the various devices which have been used by those drafting rent review clauses to deal with rent‐free periods at review and comments on how these have been treated by the courts. It is the purpose of this article to examine and evaluate how the courts have reacted when asked to rule...

...Neil Crosby Examines the valuation difficulties that have arisen as a result of the falls in rental value in the UK property market during the early part of the 1990s. Considers overage cases being caused by the rent passing being above rental value on a normal rent review pattern because...

...R.T.M. Whipple Details how procedures for carrying out valuations for rent review purposes are re‐cast in a contemporary approach. Pays special attention to market structure, data compatibility and the effect of market distortions. Provides a detailed analysis of an Australian case which discloses...

... and details the several constituents of standard such appraisal. Suggests that the traditional methodology for this type of property is no longer appropriate in today′s marketplace. © MCB UP Limited 1990 Licensed premises Valuation Profits method of valuation Rent review EXPERT SERIES 2...