Stall No 183-187, Queensgate Market, Princess Alexandra Walk, Princess Alexandra Walk, HD1 2RD
Offices and premises Decided 24 May 2022 CHG100389771 Altus Group - Oakland - Manchester
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What was argued and what the tribunal found
The appellants proposed a 65% reduction in rateable value for the lead office property (and 25 others) on the grounds of material change of circumstances relating to the Covid-19 pandemic, including lockdown measures and their economic impact. The tribunal dismissed all appeals on the ground that section 1(4) of the Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Act 2021 expressly prohibited any reduction directly or indirectly attributable to coronavirus, and none of the specific exceptions in section 1(5) applied to these cases.
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; The Financial Conduct Authority v Arch and others; John Burvill and Gareth David Jones; Kendrick
- Hearing
- 18 May 2022
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