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Property is one of the most complex areas of law. Some of it is rooted in ancient laws – but case law is constantly changing. The stakes are high, but research time is in short supply. Lexis+ Property brings all of the different sources you need together so you can find the answers you need, fast.
Transferring property
This topic includes a suite of Practice Notes and Precedents covering all aspects of the process of buying and selling land, including conditional contracts and contracts entered into by insolvency practitioners.
Leasing property
Commercial property is a staple for many property lawyers. Coronavirus has introduced changes for landlords and tenants – we’ve taken them and published a suite of precedent Pandemic lease clauses.
Property development
We have a broad range of Practice Notes and Precedents for this specialised and complex area. Structured logically – site acquisition, vacant possession, structuring a development project, overage, and rights of light.
Property disputes
Clear, concise practice notes have direct links to relevant cases, legislation, guidance and commentary. Our daily news feeds and weekly highlights keep you informed of new cases, and legislation.
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Latest Property News
HM Land Registry (HMLR) has updated two practice guides: Practice Guide 50—Requisition and cancellation procedures and Practice Guide 54—Acquisition...
Planning analysis: In Wildfish v Buckinghamshire Council, the Court of Appeal dismissed a challenge to the approval of reserved matters for a housing...
Property analysis: The Renters' Rights Act 2025 Act aims to introduce favourable provisions for tenants, but recent news articles have highlighted...
The Welsh Government has announced that the Senedd has passed the Building Safety (Wales) Bill. The legislation establishes a new building safety...
This week's edition of Property weekly highlights includes: the government’s response to the consultation on contractual controls on land together...
Latest Property Practice Notes
This Practice Note sets out a broad summary of the main changes to residential tenancies to be made by the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 (RRA 2025)....
This Practice Note looks at the process of transferring a commercial property. It assumes that the property being transferred is a registered freehold...
This Practice Note lists all Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA 2022) related legislation and summarises its relevance from a Property Disputes angle,...
This Practice Note covers the changes to occupation of residential properties in Wales brought about by the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (RH(W)A...
Once a development occurs, it is then moved to the relevant archive:•Property key future developments tracker—2026 archive•Property key future...
Latest Property Precedents
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Latest Property Q&As
Featured Property content
Severance of a joint tenancy
Severance of a joint tenancySeverance is the process by which a joint tenancy is converted into a tenancy in common. It is a matter of evidence...
What is a certificate of title?
What is a certificate of title?A certificate of title (also known as a certificate on title) is a particular species of report on title.When...
Indemnity covenants in property transfers
Indemnity covenants in property transfersThis Practice Note looks at when an indemnity covenant should be given in a transfer of land. For general...
Resulting trusts
Resulting trustsResulting trusts represent one of the three types of trust which do not require to be declared or evidenced in writing. The others are...
Reversionary leases
Reversionary leasesReversionary leases (or future leases) are granted to take effect in possession at a future date. This Practice Note looks at:•when...
The Standard Conditions of Sale (5th edition: 2018 revision)—a guide to the main provisions
The Standard Conditions of Sale (5th edition: 2018 revision)—a guide to the main provisionsThe Standard Conditions of Sale (SCS), currently in their...
Carrying out bankruptcy searches at the Land Charges Department
Carrying out bankruptcy searches at the Land Charges DepartmentIntroductionThis Practice Note looks at the circumstances in which a bankruptcy search...
Easements—LPA 1925, s 62 and permissions
Easements—LPA 1925, s 62 and permissionsSection 62 of the Law of Property Act 1925 (LPA 1925) (section 62) is, in essence, a word-saving device....
Land registration—overriding interests, occupiers and interests which have lost overriding status
Occupiers and overriding interestsOverriding interests are interests which are binding on property even though they are not shown on the register....
Lease surrenders
Lease surrendersWhat is a lease surrender?A lease surrender is a mutual agreement between the landlord and the tenant to bring the lease to an end...
A chargor (an individual) is granting a legal charge to a chargee (a company). Can an employee of the chargee witness the signature of the chargor?
Profits à prendre
Profits à prendreIntroduction — what is a profit à prendre?A profit à prendre is the right to take natural resources from another person’s land....
Implied easements—common law
Implied easements—common lawThere are three different ways by which an easement can be implied at common law:•necessity•intended use•the rule in...
Overreaching—sales by trustees of land
Overreaching—sales by trustees of landBroadly, the doctrine of overreaching enables purchasers (which includes tenants and mortgagees) in good faith...
Pre-completion searches
Pre-completion searchesThis Practice Note sets out the searches that should be carried out prior to completion (pre-completion searches), including...
Cautions against first registration
Cautions against first registrationA caution against first registration (referred to as a ‘caution’ throughout this Practice Note) is a means of...
Land charges under the Land Charges Act 1972—registration and purpose
Land charges—registration and purposeLand charges are registered to protect the interests, in unregistered land, of a person who does not hold the...
Sub-sales and assignments
Sub-sales and assignmentsA sub-sale is where A contracts to sell a property to B but, before completing the purchase from A, B then contracts to sell...
Associated legal terms
Affordable Private Rent (APR) or Discount Market Rent
This is a new alternative form of affordable housing provision specifically for the BTR industry. The developer or investor would be required to make a number of units available to qualifying low income households at a discount from market value (likely to be 20%)
Equitable charge
A charge is a security interest by which property is made available for the payment of a debt or the performance of some other obligation.
Ligan
Goods that are thrown from a ship so as to lighten it.
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