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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
The British Property Federation (BPF) has published policy recommendations to address what it describes as a development viability crisis, citing...
HM Land Registry has launched new application programming interfaces (APIs) with RESTful architecture for Business Gateway customers, extending...
HM Land Registry has published guidance on procedures for dealing with restrictions in the title register that are incorrect or no longer fit for...
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has published its Sustainability Report 2025, examining market sentiment from over 3,500 global...
The Better Buildings Partnership (BBP) has published a Carbon Credit Procurement Guide on 10 November 2025 to assist commercial property owners in...
Latest Property Practice Notes
Guide to insolvency in the retail sectorThis Practice Note provides a brief summary of the retail operating landscape and highlights some of the key...
SDLT chargeable considerationThis Practice Note looks at the meaning of chargeable consideration, which determines the amount of stamp duty land tax...
Clawback of SDLT group reliefExemption from SDLT can be claimed for land transactions between bodies corporate which are members of the same group for...
Enterprise ZonesWhat is an Enterprise Zone?Enterprise Zones (EZs) are designated areas of land that offer a range of benefits to businesses, with the...
Property key future developments trackerOnce a development occurs, it is then moved to the relevant archive:•Property key future developments...
Latest Property Precedents
Single year cropping lease—short SLDT—Scotland—StyleParties1[insert full name of party], residing at [insert address] (together with their successors...
Report on construction documentation[insert name of property]Executive summary[insert a general summary of the construction documents/highlight any...
Agreement for sale or lease to a Management CompanyDate [date]Parties1[name of Seller] [of OR incorporated in England and Wales (company registration...
Deed of assignment of a leaseDate [date]Parties1[name of Assignor] [of OR incorporated in England and Wales (company registration number [number])...
Notice given by assignee or personal representative of a former tenant—transfer of benefit of a section 42 notice—flat lease extension (LRHUDA...
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
Feu
A piece of land held by a feuar or vassal who traditionally paid feu duty (a type of rent) to the feudal superior and who became the effective owner subject to complying with the conditions of the feu. Term no longer in use with the abolition of the feudal system. See Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc (Scotland) Act 2000 (AFT(S)A 2000)
Heritable fixture
an item attached to land or a building which is immovable and thus forms part of the land or property as a result
Reversionary lease
A lease that takes effect at a future date.
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