What is a headline rent?In a falling market, landlords frequently offer tenants financial inducements to take a lease in order to maintain the level...
The ‘ad medium filum’ rule is a rebuttable presumption that an owner of land which abuts either:•a public or private highway, or•a non-tidal river or...
An adaptable Word version of this Precedent can be saved, downloaded or printed from this link:Completion statement—saleThis Precedent is a template...
Effect of appointmentA fixed charge receiver is appointed under a legal charge or mortgage and only has power to deal with and dispose of the charged...
A good marketable title is shown where a seller is able to deduce a good title to the property he has contracted to sell. The seller is not required...
You are applying for registration of [insert details of property] at HM Land Registry and as part of that application you must disclose any overriding...
Coronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on subjects potentially impacted by the government’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak....
Level of coverIt is in both parties’ interests for the premises to be adequately insured (particularly for the tenant where the landlord’s obligation...
Usually a lease provides that in the event of damage or destruction, such that the tenant is unable to occupy or trade from the property or access it,...
The principle of subrogationSubrogation is the right of an insurer, once it has made payment to its insured for loss covered by an insurance policy,...
Defective title insurance policies, or policies covering breach of restrictive covenants, usually contain conditions relating to the disclosure of the...
Insured risksIt is in the tenant’s interests to ensure the landlord covenants to insure against as comprehensive a range of risks as possible as:•an...
Vitiation of an insurance policyAn insurance policy may be vitiated (or invalidated) if the insured:•misrepresents or fails to disclose any material...
Environmental insurance is a useful way of managing environmental risks stemming from the work carried out by contractors and consultants. For more on...
Brexit impact11 pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s withdrawal...
It is not unusual for parties to take a step without prejudice to the contention that the legal position is different to that which would be reflected...
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