1 Pair 9, King's Bench Walk, EC4Y 7DX
Office and Premises Decided 17 July 2025 CHG101081158 JMA Chartered Surveyors/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
Appellants challenged the rateable values of 16 barristers' chambers in Victorian and Georgian buildings in Temple, London, proposing lower unadjusted base rates (£350 psm for Victorian, £315 psm for Georgian). The tribunal found the original rates (£400 psm Victorian, £380 psm Georgian) were unreasonable based on rental evidence showing a value differential between building types. The tribunal reduced the base rates to £380 psm for Victorian properties and £360 psm for Georgian properties, reflecting a 5% and 10% reduction respectively. The tribunal dismissed the appellant's claims for an additional fragmentation allowance and upheld the measurement of a disputed area in one property.
Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was One Essex Court Ltd / Hailsham Chambers / Smyth Barkham LLP / Farrars Building / 3 Doctor Johnsons Buildings / 7 KBW Ltd / Chambers of Simon Davenport QC / Honourable Society of Inner Temple, represented.
Grounds argued
- Comparable assessments (tone)
- Floor area or measurement
- Valuation method
- Evidence
- Rents, Settled assessments, Photographs, Expert report
- Cases cited
- Gardiner & Theobald LLP v David Jackson (VO) [2018] UKUT 0253 (LC)
- Hearing
- 18 June 2025
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