Tribunals · City of London Corporation · 2017 rating list

BST-2 8, King's Bench Walk, EC4Y 7DU

Offices and Premises Decided 17 July 2025 CHG101081800 JMA Chartered Surveyors/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 unadjusted base rate applied to Victorian and Georgian barristers' chambers in Temple, London. The appellant expert argued for rates of £350 psm (Victorian) and £315 psm (Georgian); the VO maintained £400 psm and £380 psm respectively. The tribunal, examining rental evidence for thirteen properties and applying less weight to indexed Inner Temple rents, found a 5-10% differential between property types was supported by the evidence. The tribunal allowed the appeals in part, reducing Victorian properties to £380 psm and Georgian to £360 psm, and dismissed claims for fragmentation allowances and the disputed area measurement.

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