Simrun Garcha gives the lowdown on the Charity Governance Code.

Dulwich Hamlet Football Club is fighting a battle to continue to play football at its Champion Hill ground, but it cannot have expected to face a fight to use its 125-year-old name. 

Under the MEES Regulations, no commercial property which is required to have an Energy Performance Certificate (“EPC”) can be let for a term certain of more than 6 months, but less than 99 years, unless it’s minimum level of energy prescribed for the property (evidenced in the EPC) is Band E or above.