Second Floor, 2 Middle Temple Lane, EC4Y 9AA
Office and Premises Decided 17 July 2025 CHG101094001 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 Victorian and Georgian buildings in Temple, London, arguing they were excessive and proposing lower unit rates. The tribunal dismissed challenges on measurement (the disputed 11.95m² area was useable entrance space) and fragmentation allowances (insufficient evidence of disadvantage compared to comparable properties), but allowed the appeals in part on the main issue of unit rate. Based on rental evidence showing a 5-10% differential between property types, the tribunal reduced the unadjusted base rate from £400 psm to £380 psm for Victorian properties and from £380 psm to £360 psm for Georgian properties.
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
- Relief or exemption
- Evidence
- Rents, Measurement survey, Photographs, Earlier tribunal decisions
- Cases cited
- Gardiner & Theobald LLP v David Jackson (VO) [2018] UKUT 0253 (LC)
- Hearing
- 18 June 2025
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