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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 Scottish Government and Historic Environment Scotland (HES) have published the full guide to Conversion of Traditional Buildings, under section...
HM Land Registry (HMLR) has updated Practice Guide 4—Adverse possession of registered land and Practice Guide 29—Registration of legal charges and...
The Welsh Government has published its response to the consultation on electric vehicle (EV) charging in residential and non-residential buildings,...
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced a £400,000 Renters' Rights Enforcement Fund to support the implementation of the Renters' Rights Act...
This week's edition of Property weekly highlights includes: cases on renewal of Code agreements, apportionment of rent where a vesting order following...
Latest Property Practice Notes
This tracker sets out key upcoming developments relevant to Scottish property lawyers, including appeal cases, implementation of key legislation,...
ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.This Practice Note explains that under the Housing Act 1985 (HA 1985) a landlord...
ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.This Practice Note is a table displaying the main differences of secure,...
The Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995 (LT(C)A 1995) gives tenants, and their guarantors, an automatic release from tenant covenants of the...
Linking headlease rent to underlease rentsThe rent payable under a headlease can be linked directly to the rent paid or payable under actual or...
Latest Property Precedents
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LEASEHOLD REFORM ACT 1967Leasehold Reform (Enfranchisement and Extension) Regulations 1967, SI 1967/1879REQUEST FOR DEDUCTION OF TENANT’S TITLEin...
LEASEHOLD REFORM ACT 1967 SECTION 2(5)NOTICE OF OBJECTION TO FURTHER SEVERANCEin connection with the property known as [insert address of the property...
These Training Materials cover the 2% stamp duty land tax (SDLT) surcharge that applies from 1 April 2021 to acquisitions of residential property in...
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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
Bounding description
A written description of a property by reference to the actual boundaries of the property
Delectus personae
the right to select a particular person to occupy a specific position, eg tenant in a lease or partner in a firm. In a legal sense, the right of delectus personae prevents to assignation or delegations of the duties of the chosen person to another
Head lease
A lease taking effect under a freehold, usually subject to one or more underleases. Where A has a freehold and grants a lease to B, and B grants a lease to C, B will have the head lease.
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