Overreaching—sales by trustees of landBroadly, the doctrine of overreaching enables purchasers (which includes tenants and mortgagees) in good faith...
The Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 (TOLATA 1996) came into force on 1 January 1997. Under it:•the trust for sale is replaced by...
The Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995 (LT(C)A 1995) controls the liability of former tenants and their guarantors for rent and service charge...
Whether a tenant has yielded up, with or without vacant possession, is a question of fact and degree. Most modern leases contain an express covenant...
What is a lease surrender?A lease surrender is a mutual agreement between the landlord and the tenant that the lease will determine before the end of...
date [date]Parties1[name of Seller] [of OR incorporated in England and Wales with company registration number [number] whose registered address is at]...
What is a Quistclose trust?A Quistclose trust is an example of an ‘automatic’ resulting trust, ie a trust which arises where property is transferred...
Contract for sale—sale by mortgagee incorporating the Standard Commercial Property Conditions (Third Edition)Coronavirus (COVID-19): the coronavirus...
Where the beneficial interest in freehold property was owned by two companies as tenants in common prior to dissolution of one of the companies, and...
A landlord let commercial premises to company A. The lease contained the usual forfeiture and re-entry provisions. Company A became insolvent and the...
Where a tenant needs to serve a break notice under a lease, but an LPA receiver has been appointed over the landlord's interest, who should the notice...
A foreign company is the registered proprietor of property in England. The company has been dissolved. Who owns the property following the dissolution...
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