Nature of mortgages and chargesMortgages and charges are distinct forms of security. A mortgage can be legal or equitable and involves the transfer of...
Damages or injunction — the testThe primary remedy for breach of a restrictive covenant is a permanent injunction to restrain the breach. However, the...
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 rule against derogation from grant applies in addition to any obligation of quiet enjoyment. It is not excluded by an express covenant for quiet...
Vitiation of an insurance policyAn insurance policy may be vitiated (or invalidated) if the insured:•misrepresents or fails to disclose any material...
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...
Joint insuranceJoint insurance arises where two or more people insure separate insurable interests in the same property with the same insurer under a...
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...
A sub-sale is where A contracts to sell a property to B but, before completing the purchase from A, B then contracts to sell the property to C. There...
What is taking control of goods?On 6 April 2014, provisions came into force for the taking control of goods (TCG) in order to sell them to satisfy a...
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 rationale behind an assumption of vacant possession at rent review is to prevent the landlord benefiting from an increase in rent for the premises...
This Practice Note considers set-off provisions in leases and whether a tenant can set off a claim against a new landlord after assignment. A tenant...
This Practice Note sets out what interim rent is, when an interim rent application can be made under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (LTA 1954) and...
Inflation calculatorsThese calculator tools will calculate indexation figures applying either RPI or CPI. They are useful for determining the effect...
A turnover rent (also known as a percentage rent) is a rent that varies depending on the amount of trade which is achieved at the premises that have...
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