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Roger Cohen
Consultant
Real Estate Dispute Resolution
Roger has acted for financial institutions, family offices, sovereign wealth funds and the occupiers of commercial real estate assets including retailers, office occupiers and utility companies.
His expertise covers real estate disputes relating to the ownership and occupation of land, leasing, rent review and valuation. Roger has developed a specialist expertise in non-domestic rating acting for ratepayers in dispute with valuation officers or billing authorities.
Roger is in the Legal 500 Hall of Fame for property litigation and is described as “technically brilliant”. Chambers and Partners 2025 ranks Roger as a “senior statesperson” and reports that “Roger knows his clients well and has an excellent litigious mind. He is easy to engage with and is always timely in his responses.”
Work highlights
Acted for the British Property Federation and the Rating Surveyors Association in the UK Supreme Court case of Monk V Newbigin and for the ratepayer in the follow case of Canary Wharf v Jackson.
RATING LIST ASSESSEMNT VALIDITY CLAIM
Acted for a ratepayer in a dispute with the Valuation Officer as to the validity of a purported alteration made to a rating list assessment. The issue concerned whether the VO had acted in time. The Valuation Tribunal upheld Roger’s case that it had not.
ATM LITIGATION
Represented one of the retailers in the ATM litigation from before the Valuation Tribunal hearing to the UK Supreme Court hearing.
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The valuation of Cat B fit out is a hot issue. Rating Agents, and their clients, will be on the lookout for opportunities where sufficient value is at stake to explore further the issues of law and valuation which are relevant.
18/05/2026
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Roger Cohen provides a key checklist all retailers should take note of prior to the latest budget announcement.
25/11/2025
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The Upper Tribunal has decided two appeals concerning modern high quality office buildings such as are usually offered to the letting market in a “Category A” condition, in which the only issue was how the Category B uplift was to be valued.
30/07/2025
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Business rates can present a challenge for agricultural business owners, despite a exemption from rates for agricultural land and buildings.
12/06/2025