Paul Cole
Paul is a senior associate in the real estate department at Clyde and Co. He joined the firm in 2020 having spent a number of years working at a top tier UK real estate law firm, as well as spending time working overseas in Singapore in the real estate team of one of the Big Four accountancy firms.
Practice Areas
Panel
- Q&A Panel
Qualified Year
- 2011
Membership
- Law Society
Education
- LPC – Nottingham Law School
- First Class Law Degree (LLB Hons) – Nottingham Trent University
2 Contributions by Paul Cole
Q&As
7-month business lease: LTA 1954 security of tenure, no s.26?
You are right that a tenant is unable to make a valid section 26 request seeking a new lease when its tenancy was granted for a fixed term of one year or less, pursuant to section 26(1) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (LTA 1954). This equally covers periodic tenancies...
Property Disputes
Q&As
Service charge apportionment on early commercial lease termination: RICS Service Charges PS (1st ed.)—assistance and obligation
As a broad principle, obligation to observe or give due consideration to the Service Charge Statement rests solely with RICS members and firms regulated by RICS. Where neither the client nor its surveyors hold RICS regulation, they are under no duty to adhere to its requirements. As a practical reminder, solicitors who are not part of RICS do not have to comply with the Service Charge Statement; however, they ought to recognise that their RICS-registered clients, and/or any RICS-registered colleagues within their organisations, might still be required to comply with the Service Charge Statement...
Property
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