The Charities Act 1993 requires that, before selling land, a charity must take advice on marketing, comply with it, consider all offers received, and accept the best offer available.
All charities should ensure that its legal advisers recognise that charities are different from other organisations in that there is a separate and independent body of law with which they must comply, and which will affect nearly every transaction that they undertake. Failing to take account of this can have dire consequences for the charity itself and, often, for its trustees.
Our Commercial Property Team offers property-owning charities of all sizes a comprehensive service, advising (in conjunction, where appropriate, with members of our Charities team) on areas ranging from general property issues to disputes.
We act for several of the region's major land-owning charities, assisting them with all property management issues, ranging from acquisitions and sales, assignments, lease terminations and renewals, through to possession actions, rent and dilapidations disputes, or boundary, right of way, and nuisance actions. We ensure that, at all times, the end product complies with all aspects of charity law.
Our work covers the following areas:
Commercial
- Commercial and residential acquisitions and disposals
- Lease renewals
- Rent reviews
Disputes
- Landlord and tenant disputes, including dilapidations, breaches of covenants and rent and service charge arrears
- Nuisance, trespass boundary, restrictive covenants and easements disputes
