Tribunals · City of Westminster · 2017 rating list

First Floor To Third Floor North, Devereux Chambers, WC2R 3JJ

Office and Premises Decided 17 July 2025 CHG101069670 JMA Chartered Surveyors

OutcomeAllowed in partThe tribunal reduced the rateable value, but by less than the ratepayer sought.
Original RV£38,250£400/m²
Ratepayer sought—
VO conceded first—
Tribunal decided£38,250£380/m²

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 Victorian and Georgian buildings in Temple, London, proposing reduced unadjusted base rates. The tribunal found the original values unreasonable but rejected the proposed base rates and the appellant's claims for fragmentation allowances and dimensional challenges. The tribunal determined revised base rates of £380 psm for Victorian properties and £360 psm for Georgian properties based on rental evidence analysis, reducing the overall RVs.

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was One Essex Court Ltd, represented.

Grounds argued

  • Comparable assessments (tone)
  • Floor area or measurement
  • Valuation method · decisive
  • Quantum or end allowance
Evidence
Rents, Photographs, Expert report
Cases cited
Gardiner & Theobald LLP v David Jackson (VO) [2018] UKUT 0253 (LC)
Hearing
18 June 2025

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