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.
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.
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.
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Planning analysis: The Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill (the Bill) received its first reading in the House of Commons on 11 May 2022. It sets out...
This week's edition of Property weekly highlights includes: the Queen’s Speech 2022, comment on the Building Safety Act 2022, cases on specific...
Planning analysis: On 29 April 2022, the 2021–22 Parliamentary session came to a close with a prorogation announcement. To mark the formal start of...
Law360, London: Britain's terrorism reinsurer said on 9 May 2022 that it will reduce its pricing by up to 30% outside central London starting October...
Private Client analysis: On 11 April 2022, the Law Society published two guidance documents on anti-money laundering (AML) to assist practitioners in...
Scotland: the process for applying for sequestrationSequestration in Scotland is the legal process by which an insolvent debtor’s estate is gathered...
Trust Registration Service (TRS)Background to the Trust Registration Service (TRS)HMRC's online Trust Registration Service (TRS) was designed to...
Insurance—a practical lease negotiation guideThis Practice Note discusses considerations for landlords and tenants when negotiating insurance...
Fracking—insuranceHow does the fracking process work?Shale gas extraction or hydraulic fracturing ('fracking') is the process whereby water and...
Overseas entities and land under the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022—property registration and restrictionsBackgroundThis...
Board minutes for the approval or ratification of a company’s entry into a guarantee and indemnityCOMPANY NUMBER: [insert company number][insert...
Board minutes for the approval of a company’s entry into loan and security documentsCOMPANY NUMBER: [insert company number][insert company name]...
Report on title—occupational lease report for leasehold occupierLease of [name of Property] (the Property)[Schedule [number]]Landlord: [details] (the...
Agreement for sale of long residential lease (off plan)DATE [date]Parties1[name of Seller] [of OR incorporated in England and Wales (with company...
Cover letter to accompany Companies House form MR01 (Particulars of a charge)[To be printed on the headed paper of the entity submitting the form...
Overreaching—sales by trustees of landBroadly, the doctrine of overreaching enables purchasers (which includes tenants and mortgagees) in good faith...
Who is liable for inherent defects?Defects in design, faulty installation or the use of inappropriate or inadequate materials when building a property...
Assignments of leases—when to register at HM Land RegistryThis Note considers registration at HM Land Registry following the assignment of a lease....
Registered charges—transfer and transmissionTransferThe owner of a registered charge, who is the:•registered proprietor, or •person entitled to be...
Easements and utilities—third party landSecuring necessary easementsWhere third party land intervenes between a new development and the public...
Restrictive covenants in favour of the National TrustThe National Trust’s powers to enforce restrictive covenantsIn addition to the National Trust’s...
Short-form office lease (part of building)ParticularsDate[date]Landlord[name] [of OR incorporated in England and Wales with company registration...
Car Parking LicenceDate [date]Parties1[name of Licensor] [of OR incorporated in England and Wales with company registration number [number] whose...
A form of security which gives the creditor the right to retain possession of assets or documents until the settlement of a debt.
‘Mutatis mutandis’ translates to 'all necessary changes having been made’ or ‘with the necessary changes'. The phrase mutatis mutandis indicates that whilst it may be necessary to make some changes to take account of different situations, the main point remains the same.
Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) is a contract between an electricity generator (generator) and the party who is purchasing the power (offtaker) which incorporates the commercial terms for the sale and purchase of electricity for a project
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