Highlands House, Basingstoke Road, Spencers Wood, Spencers Wood, RG7 1AE
Offices and Premises Decided 24 May 2022 CHG100364424 Altus Group - Oakland - Manchester
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What was argued and what the tribunal found
The appellant proposed a 65% abatement to the rateable value of its office property citing material change of circumstances arising from the Covid-19 pandemic and government response measures, effective from 23 March 2020. The tribunal held that section 1(4) of the Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Act 2021 clearly prohibited any reduction in respect of these appeals because the grounds and evidence relied upon were directly or indirectly related to coronavirus, and the exceptions in section 1(5) did not apply.
Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Vistra International Expansion Ltd, represented.
Grounds argued
- Change of circumstances · decisive
- Change of circumstances
- covid
- Evidence
- Expert report
- Cases cited
- Clement v Addis Ltd; Chilton-Merryweather v Hunt; Pavlou (Valuation Officer); The Financial Conduct Authority v Arch and others; John Burvill and Gareth David Jones (Valuation Officer); Kendrick (Valuation Officer); Karen Kendrick (VO)
- Hearing
- 18 May 2022
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