Tribunals · City of London Corporation · 2017 rating list

BST 4 KINGS BENCH WALK, TEMPLE, EC4Y 7DL

Office and Premises Decided 17 July 2025 CHG101090279 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, seeking reductions based on lower unadjusted base rates. The tribunal dismissed the appeal on floor area measurement for one property and on fragmentation allowances, but allowed the appeals in part on the main issue: the tribunal found the original base rates of £400 psm (Victorian) and £380 psm (Georgian) were unreasonable, accepting rental evidence that demonstrated a 5-10% differential between post-war and Victorian/Georgian properties, and thus reduced the base rates to £380 psm and £360 psm respectively.

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