Meers, Jed orcid.org/0000-0001-7993-3062 (2023) “From the lease’s point of view”: The role of tied leases in shaping the UK pub sector. Journal of Property, Planning and Environmental Law. pp. 170-193. ISSN 2514-9415
Abstract
Much like their residential counterparts, commercial leases have a reputation problem. Although often derided as painfully dull and mundane documents, residential leases have begun to be interrogated by socio-legal scholarship with renewed interest. This paper continues this line of work in the commercial context through a detailed examination of a widespread form of leasehold in the pub sector: the “tied lease”. Drawing on interviews with publicans and archival research, I argue that the lease is a decisive factor in determining the balance of power between publicans and pub-owning companies and shapes the physical environment of pubs in the UK. My broader agenda is to argue that socio-legal scholars’ renewed interest in leases should not be confined to the residential context: commercial leases warrant far greater socio-legal scholarly attention.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023, Emerald Publishing Limited. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the University’s Research Publications and Open Access policy. |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > The York Law School |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 15 Sep 2023 11:00 |
Last Modified: | 02 Apr 2025 23:26 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1108/JPPEL-05-2023-0024 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1108/JPPEL-05-2023-0024 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:203339 |
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