All posts tagged "RICS"
RICS DRS – the first 50 years
Feb 2026 – The RICS DRS marking 50 years this year is to be congratulated. I have paid tribute direct including. of course, it helps to have a monopoly for appointments in probably every lease of commercial property in England and Wales. It wasn’t always thus. My experience of dispute resolution pre-dates the RICS DRS. […]
Independent Expert – getting your money’s worth
(2025 Aug) – In my experience, RICS-appointed Independent Experts fall in one of two categories. (1) Conscientious – by which I mean the IE will measure the premises and calculate areas regardless of what the parties might’ve agreed, investigate, research and test evidence for accuracy with the person(s) involved and not merely rely on pro-forma […]
Creepy?
Jul 2025 – Creepy? When you stop to think about it, the RICS is like an episode of Dr Who where an alien beast has a hold over humans that have to do its bidding. Over 150 years ago, a few surveyors got together to decide their standards were superior to everyone else at the […]
Customer Service
Jun 2025 – Complain… is not something I do very often. Mostly, there’s nothing much to complain about. Specialising in rent review enables considering holistically, not only from the client’s perspective. There are at least two sides to a story. So when I complain occasionally, I always include some suggestions for what can be done […]
Independent Expert Determination on Rent Review
Jun 2025 – On referral, win most, lose a few; fair enough when the third party is someone who knows what he/she is talking about. But it irks when someone doesn’t. One such today. For no apparent reason, the RICS appointment of an IE was, according to the surveyor’s website, an arbitrator and mediator. As […]
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 […]
Director – legal status or pretentious title for an over-rated position?
Mar 2025 – A director (according to Practical Law) is “a person elected by the members of a company or otherwise appointed to superintend the management of the company’s affairs. Although company directors are not strictly speaking trustees, they are in a closely analogous position because of the fiduciary duties they typically owe to the […]
RICS Dispute Resolution Fee Increase
On 1 March 2017, the RICS Dispute Resolution Services (DRS) is increasing its fee for applying to appoint an arbitrator or Independent expert to £425.00 (inclusive of VAT).
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 […]
RICS Dispute Resolution Fee Increase
On 1 October 2015, the RICS Dispute Resolution Services (DRS) is increasing its fee for applying to appoint an arbitrator or Independent expert to £395.00 (inclusive of VAT).