2nd Flr East, One Essex Court Ltd, EC4Y 9AR
Office and Premises Decided 17 July 2025 CHG100807340 JMA Chartered Surveyors
Figures are as stated in the decision; a dash means the document does not state that figure. This decision covers 16 properties; the figures shown are for the first listed.
What was argued and what the tribunal found
The appellants challenged the rateable values of 16 barristers' chambers in Temple, London (Victorian and Georgian properties), proposing reduced unadjusted base rates of £350 psm (Victorian) and £315 psm (Georgian), against the list entries of £400 psm and £380 psm respectively. The tribunal, reviewing rental evidence and property type differentials, allowed the appeals in part, determining that Victorian properties should be valued at £380 psm (5% reduction from £400) and Georgian properties at £360 psm (5% reduction from £380), finding this reflected a reasonable differential between property types. The tribunal dismissed claims for fragmentation allowances and rejected a measurement dispute on one property.
Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was JMA Chartered Surveyors (representing multiple appellants), represented.
Grounds argued
- Comparable assessments (tone)
- Floor area or measurement
- Valuation method
- Evidence
- Rents, Earlier tribunal decisions, Photographs
- Cases cited
- Gardiner & Theobald LLP v David Jackson (VO)
- Hearing
- 18 June 2025
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