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Property is one of the most complex areas of law. Some of it is rooted in ancient laws – but case law is constantly changing. The stakes are high, but research time is in short supply. Lexis+ Property brings all of the different sources you need together so you can find the answers you need, fast.
Transferring property
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.
Leasing property
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.
Property development
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.
Property disputes
Clear, concise practice notes have direct links to relevant cases, legislation, guidance and commentary. Our daily news feeds and weekly highlights keep you informed of new cases, and legislation.
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Latest Property News
The British Property Federation (BPF) has stated its opposition to provisions in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill that would ban...
This week's edition of Property weekly highlights includes: cases on contract termination where there are conditions precedent, conveyance plans and...
The Building Safety (Wales) Bill has advanced to Stage 2 committee consideration as of 10 December 2025, following the agreement on the Legislative...
Tax analysis: In Sehgal v HMRC, the First-tier Tax Tribunal (FTT) allowed the taxpayers’ appeal, finding that a lease of a basement storage unit,...
The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has published a report following its webinar examining the outcomes of COP30, the UK Autumn Budget, and their...
Latest Property Practice Notes
Fire safety developments following the Grenfell Tower fireThis Practice Note sets out key developments in relation to fire safety following the...
Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (the Regulations) came into force on 6...
Building and Fire Safety—the position in England, Scotland and WalesThis Practice Note sets out the differing positions on building and fire safety in...
CDM 2015—transitional provisions [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.The Construction (Design and...
CDM Regulations 2015—what's changed? [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained. The Construction (Design and...
Latest Property Precedents
Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) clauses for an agreement for lease1Construction Industry Scheme—for use where the landlord’s contribution is a...
Appointment of LPA/fixed charge receiverDate [insert date of appointment]Parties1[insert name of Lender] of [insert address][ incorporated in England...
Contract for sale—freehold subject to leasesdate [date]Parties1[name of Seller] [of OR incorporated in England and Wales (company registration number...
Rent deposit deed—charge or trustDate [date]Parties1[name of Landlord] [of OR incorporated in England and Wales (company registration number [number])...
Contract for sale—freehold, vacant possessiondate [date]Parties1[name of Seller] [of OR incorporated in England and Wales (company registration number...
Latest Property Q&As
Featured Property content
Severance of a joint tenancy
Severance of a joint tenancySeverance is the process by which a joint tenancy is converted into a tenancy in common. It is a matter of evidence...
What is a certificate of title?
What is a certificate of title?A certificate of title (also known as a certificate on title) is a particular species of report on title.When...
Indemnity covenants in property transfers
Indemnity covenants in property transfersThis Practice Note looks at when an indemnity covenant should be given in a transfer of land. For general...
Resulting trusts
Resulting trustsResulting trusts represent one of the three types of trust which do not require to be declared or evidenced in writing. The others are...
Reversionary leases
Reversionary leasesReversionary leases (or future leases) are granted to take effect in possession at a future date. This Practice Note looks at:•when...
The Standard Conditions of Sale (5th edition: 2018 revision)—a guide to the main provisions
The Standard Conditions of Sale (5th edition: 2018 revision)—a guide to the main provisionsThe Standard Conditions of Sale (SCS), currently in their...
Carrying out bankruptcy searches at the Land Charges Department
Carrying out bankruptcy searches at the Land Charges DepartmentIntroductionThis Practice Note looks at the circumstances in which a bankruptcy search...
Easements—LPA 1925, s 62 and permissions
Easements—LPA 1925, s 62 and permissionsSection 62 of the Law of Property Act 1925 (LPA 1925) (section 62) is, in essence, a word-saving device....
Land registration—overriding interests, occupiers and interests which have lost overriding status
Occupiers and overriding interestsOverriding interests are interests which are binding on property even though they are not shown on the register....
Lease surrenders
Lease surrendersWhat is a lease surrender?A lease surrender is a mutual agreement between the landlord and the tenant to bring the lease to an end...
A chargor (an individual) is granting a legal charge to a chargee (a company). Can an employee of the chargee witness the signature of the chargor?
Profits à prendre
Profits à prendreIntroduction — what is a profit à prendre?A profit à prendre is the right to take natural resources from another person’s land....
Implied easements—common law
Implied easements—common lawThere are three different ways by which an easement can be implied at common law:•necessity•intended use•the rule in...
Overreaching—sales by trustees of land
Overreaching—sales by trustees of landBroadly, the doctrine of overreaching enables purchasers (which includes tenants and mortgagees) in good faith...
Pre-completion searches
Pre-completion searchesThis Practice Note sets out the searches that should be carried out prior to completion (pre-completion searches), including...
Cautions against first registration
Cautions against first registrationA caution against first registration (referred to as a ‘caution’ throughout this Practice Note) is a means of...
Land charges under the Land Charges Act 1972—registration and purpose
Land charges—registration and purposeLand charges are registered to protect the interests, in unregistered land, of a person who does not hold the...
Sub-sales and assignments
Sub-sales and assignmentsA sub-sale is where A contracts to sell a property to B but, before completing the purchase from A, B then contracts to sell...
Associated legal terms
A Non domino disposition
A disposition of property granted by a party who has no title to it. This was a legitimate device for making good a lack of title if the grantee occupied the property openly peaceably and without judicial interruption for a period of ten years, following the registration of the a non domino disposition. Since 8 December 2014 with the introduction of the Land Registration etc (Scotland) Act 2012 (LRE(S)A 2012), a party looking to acquire title to land where no owner can be traced must comply with the prescriptive claimant provisions in LRE(S)A 2012, ss 43–45 before submitting an a non domino disposition for registration
Dispossession
The removal of someone from occupation of land.
Heritable creditor
The holder of a standard security ie a creditor who holds a security over heritable property
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