All posts tagged "Arbitration"
RICS DRS: Third party inexperience
Feb 2026. Rent review and third party reasons. I act for a freeholder/ landlord whose tenant is a quoted property company. The tenant sub-lets the property to two different occupiers. The rent review in the head-lease between my client and prop co went to arbitration. In my submission to the arbitrator, I advocated that the […]
Arbitration Act 2025 time limit for appeal to start when the resultant rent was notified
(2025 May) – Under the Arbitration Act 2025, s70(3) the time limit for appeal pushes the date of the award to the back burner by also including “the applicable date” which is the date when the applicant or appellant was notified of the result of that process. Under the 1996 Act, the arbitrator can be […]
A chartered surveyor should be able to read?
(2025 May: LinkedIn) – (1) Please correct me if this is wrong, but I think that a person with a professional qualification, MRICS or FRICS, should be able to read. The landlord’s surveyor (FRICS) had referred to the RICS for the appointment of an arbitrator. The appointed asked the landlord’s surveyor for a copy of […]
Concurrent complex submissions
(2023 Nov) – Every so often, a rent review is referred to an arbitrator or independent expert, depending upon the dispute resolution procedure in the lease. And, every so often, depending upon whether I am acting for the landlord or the tenant, the dispute resolution procedure requires me to comply with a timetable for submissions […]
The Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022
(2023 Sep) Acting for Mark & Sons Ltd, the Freeholder-Landlord of a public house in London SW19, I have helped achieve its objective for the rent payable for the protected rent debt period defined by The Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022. This Act has a short life for the dispute procedure. Application for arbitration had […]
The Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022
(2023 Mar) – Acting for Yellowdice Limited, the Tenant of a nightclub in London SE11, I have helped achieve its objective for the rent payable for the protected rent debt period defined by The Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022. This Act has a short life so far as the dispute procedure is concerned. Application for […]
Dispute resolution procedure at rent review
Feb 2016 – At rent review, the phrase ‘going to arbitration’ is often bandied about during negotiations as a means for one party to get its own way. Whether or not the parties can agree the rent without involving the dispute resolution procedure, it is common for a represented or experienced party to invoke as […]
Dispute Resolution Costs
(2014 Mar) – In my opinion, and I’m not alone, the fees required and charged by surveyors appointed by the RICS to act as arbitrators or independent experts are often out of touch with reality and, in many instances, obscene. For example, I am dealing with two matters at present, for different clients, where the […]