On the Case: Supreme Court rules on rateable value

Roger Cohen, partner at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, returns to the EG studio, joining deputy legal & professional editor Jess Harrold to discuss the Supreme Court ruling in Hewitt (VO) v Telereal Trillium [2019] UKSC 23; [2019] PLSCS 90 - where a Blackpool office block that has been empty for a decade was found nevertheless to have a rateable value of £370,000.

 

Cohen explains the Supreme Court judgment and the importance of "general demand" when it comes to calculating rateable value - as well as considering the implications of the decision for property owners.