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Real Estate Financing & Joint Ventures, Trends and Insights – General Counsel Know-How
Helen LucasHead of Property
6th August 2025
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The Employment Rights Bill: Where Are We Now and How Can Employers Prepare?
The new Employment
18th July 2025
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Ignition Law Advises on Escapade Silverstone Deal Ahead of Formula One Grand Prix
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4th July 2025
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Understanding Dilapidations: Tenant Responsibilities in Commercial Leases
When you enter into your commercial lease, you will be signing up to various obligations for repair, maintenance, and decorations during the term. Some of these can be extremely onerous and many tenants will overlook these obligations during the term and only start to think about them once the lease is coming to an end or if they are thinking of leaving at a break point. By this time the liabilities could have grown and leave you having to deal with a large, unexpected amount to pay at the end of your lease.
27th March 2025
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Legally Scaling: Podcast Series Episode 11 – Key considerations when licensing co-working space with Helen Lucas
In this episode, we explore the rise in popularity of co-working spaces, what can go wrong when entering into longer-term co-working space licencing agreements, and how to mitigate the risk of issues that commonly arise.Our guest, Helen Lucas, spent several years as a real estate lawyer at leading international law firm Allen & Overy LLP, before joining property and private client specialists Boodle Hatfield LLP. She joined Ignition Law in 2015, where she made partner and now heads up the firm’s real estate team, advising on all aspects of commercial real estate including leases, licences, property sales and purchases, development, real estate finance and the property aspects of corporate transactions.
24th January 2024
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GC Know How Session: Hotly Contested Lease Terms with Helen Lucas and Michael Whitaker
During the recent session from our ‘General Counsel Know How’ series, commercial property partner Helen Lucas and consultant Michael Whitaker led an interesting discussion on hotly contested lease terms that should be properly considered even before the landlords and tenants sign heads of terms.
22nd May 2023
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Hotly Contested Lease Terms
During the recent session from our ‘General Counsel Know How’ series, commercial property partner Helen Lucas and consultant Michael Whitaker led an interesting discussion on hotly contested lease terms that should be properly considered even before the landlords and tenants sign heads of terms.
5th April 2023
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Renewal of Business Tenancies – Under Review
The Law Commission of England and Wales has recently announced its plans to review the workings of the right to renew business tenancies, as outlined in Part 2 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954. This legislation provides a framework that entitles qualifying tenants protection when it comes to renewing their business tenancies known as “security of tenure”, however, it was created following the Second World War, since which time the property landscape and the commercial needs of landlords and tenants have notably evolved.
5th April 2023
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Buyer Beware – Property due diligence during corporate transactions
The onus is on the buyer to identify any issues with the property that they are seeking to acquire, before proceeding with the acquisition. If the buyer fails to do so, then – subject to very limited exceptions – the buyer will take on responsibility for any related liabilities post-acquisition.
2nd February 2023
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Proposed New MEES (Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards) Regulations. What could these mean for tenants?
The government’s 2020 Energy White Paper, Powering our net zero future, has further proposed that landlords will be required to show that all let commercial buildings have an EPC rating of ‘C’ by 1 April 2027, and an EPC rating of ‘B’ by 1 April 2030.
18th January 2023
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Forfeiture, CRAR and Statutory Demands are back – Key Changes in March 2022
What The Commercial Rent law means for tenants in arrears
25th March 2022