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...
Vitiation of an insurance policyAn insurance policy may be vitiated (or invalidated) if the insured:•misrepresents or fails to disclose any material...
[To be printed on Landlord’s letterheaded paper]Our Ref:Date:To: [insert name of Tenant]From: [insert name of previous Landlord] [of [insert address]...
Coronavirus (COVID-19): The requirements to obtain an EPC before a property is sold or let can be difficult to satisfy when social distancing measures...
There can be only one lease at a time giving a right to possession and occupation of property. Consequently, if a landlord subsequently grants a lease...
Coronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on subjects potentially impacted by the government’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak....
Brexit: The UK left the EU on 31 January 2020. This has implications for the schemes providing for agricultural subsidies in England and Wales, which...
Coronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on subjects potentially impacted by the government’s response to the coronavirus outbreak...
A funder will often only agree to fund a development if it has been pre-let. The existence of the pre-let(s) comforts the developer’s funder that its...
An inherent defect may become apparent several years after the tenant has taken over the property. This may be long after:•the building contractor’s...
The landlord's worksThe pre-letting agreement ('the PLA') will set out the landlord's obligations to the tenant regarding the landlord's works. These...
Buyer’s right to returnA buyer’s right to the return of their deposit is a legal right arising out of breach of contract by the seller.The fact that...
The Standard Conditions of Sale (5th Edn) (5th edition) (SC) reflect the open contract position. They confirm that the risk in respect of the property...
The tenant will appoint its own surveyor and other consultants to monitor the construction works and to represent the tenant’s interest in relation to...
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