Hannah Lawrence
Senior AssociateHannah is a senior associate in our Commercial Property department working for a range of clients in the private and public sector.
She assists with a range of transactions in relation to sales and acquisitions, as well as lease transactions for both landlord and tenant. Hannah has experience in secured lending for both borrower and lender and spent time on secondment with a leading retail bank. She is also a member of our Giving Something Back committee which coordinates our charitable fundraising activities.
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Crichel Down Rules
Before public bodies can sell land on the open market, they must consider the Crichel Down Rules ("CD Rules"). These were put in place after a political scandal in 1954 that concerned 725 acres of agricultural land at Crichel Down in Dorset. The land had been compulsorily acquired in 1938 by the Air Ministry for use as a bombing range - subject to a promise that it would be returned to the former owners (for a price) once it was no longer required for that military purpose. However, the land was not returned but instead, after the end of the Second World War, it was transferred to the Ministry of Agriculture who leased it out to a third party. Following a public inquiry and harsh criticism of the handling of this situation, the CD Rules were born.
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Occupiers' Liability - A Brief Look
What is the liability? In a nutshell, occupiers' liability is the degree of care required to be shown by the person who occupies or controls land or premises - towards those who enter such land or premises - in relation to dangers which are due to the state of the premises or to anything done or not done on them.