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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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Party A has a ten-year commercial lease granted by the landlord, Party B. Party A is willing to grant an underlease to Party C. The intention is for a 99-year lease to Party C. Is it possible for Party A to grant this to Party C, and then that sublease to subsist following the end of Party A's lease? Could it simply exist not as an underlease but a direct lease between Party B and C? Party B is willing to allow this.
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When dealing with a leasehold property is the additional provision below required to be inserted in panel 11 of a TR1 as per 4.6.3 of the standard conditions of sale or is implied and not necessary? ‘The covenant set out in section 4(1)(b) of the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994 shall not extend to any breach of the tenant's covenants relating to the physical state of the Property’.
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In relation to a newbuild property, the sale contract incorporates the standard conditions of sale with modification so that the property is at the seller's risk up and until completion. The contract also provides that where the seller has issued a certificate of practical completion and the property is destroyed, insurance proceeds will be paid to the buyer. What effect does this have on completion if the property is destroyed?
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On a residential purchase using the standard conditions of sale (fifth edition) who is responsible for the service charge/rent relating to the completion day?
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Can the buyer rely on what was agreed in correspondence prior to exchange and request the money back from the seller which is not reflected in the contract?
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Associated legal terms

ad factum praestandum (order for)

An order that a carry out some practical action which they have undertaken or are obliged to do.

Contractual licence

A personal right to treat land in a particular way.

Tacit relocation

In relation to leases (and some other contracts eg Partnerships), implied reletting (or continuance) where no notice of termination is given; the renewal is for one year if the lease is for a year or more or for the period of the lease if the lease is for less than a year. Continuance of other contracts is usually from year to year
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