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.
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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.
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The Law Society, in its weekly update on the latest developments and debates in Parliament, has provided an update on the Renters’ Rights Bill’s...
The British Property Federation (BPF) has submitted its representation for the 2025 Spending Review, calling on the Chancellor of the Exchequer,...
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has submitted its response to HM Treasury (HMT)’s 2025 Spending Review. Its response addresses key...
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has announced plans to modernise and streamline the home buying and selling process....
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has launched a consultation on proposals to increase minimum energy efficiency standards in...
Building leases—alienationA lease granted in consideration for the tenant erecting a building or carrying out works to existing buildings is sometimes...
Property key future developments trackerOnce a development occurs, it is then moved to the relevant archive:•Property key future developments...
Part 26A restructuring plans: history, rationale and scopePart 26A restructuring plans (RPs) have been available from 26 June 2020 under the Corporate...
SDLT—notifiable transactionsThis Practice Note considers the steps to take in relation to SDLT once it is established that there is a chargeable...
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Property development agreementDate [date]Parties1[name of Owner] [of OR incorporated in England and Wales (company registration number [number]) whose...
Tenant’s s 42 notice to acquire new lease—flat lease extension (LRHUDA 1993)Tenant's notice of claim under section 42 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing...
Tenant’s break noticeNotice to terminate leaseTo: [name of Landlord] (Landlord) of [address]From: [name of Tenant] (Tenant) of [address]Re: Lease...
Notice to tenant that the right to a new lease is suspended—flat collective enfranchisement (LRHUDA 1993)LEASEHOLD REFORM, HOUSING AND URBAN...
Landlord and Tenant Act 1987—notice of acceptanceNotice of acceptance—Landlord and Tenant Act 1987, section 6To: [name of landlord's agents] of...
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...
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....
The Standard Conditions of Sale (5th edition: 2018 revision)—a guide to the main provisionsThe Standard Conditions of Sale (SCS), currently in their...
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...
Title guarantee and covenants for titleOn the disposition of a property (whether by way of conveyance, transfer or charge), the party making the...
Land charges—registration and purposeLand charges are registered to protect the interests, in unregistered land, of a person who does not hold the...
Overreaching—sales by trustees of landBroadly, the doctrine of overreaching enables purchasers (which includes tenants and mortgagees) in good faith...
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...
Legal mortgages and legal chargesThe terms ‘mortgage’ and ‘charge’ are often used as though they are interchangeable. Strictly speaking, they are not....
Indemnity covenants in property transfersThis Practice Note looks at when an indemnity covenant should be given in a transfer of land. For general...
Occupiers and overriding interestsOverriding interests are interests which are binding on property even though they are not shown on the register....
Concurrent and reversionary leasesThere can be only one lease at a time giving a right to possession and occupation of property. Consequently, if a...
Implied easements—common lawThere are three different ways by which an easement can be implied at common law:•necessity•intended use•the rule in...
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...
Contracts for the sale of land—formation, signature and variationIntroductionA contract for the sale, or other disposition, of an interest in land is...
Carrying out bankruptcy searches at the Land Charges DepartmentIntroductionThis Practice Note looks at the circumstances in which a bankruptcy search...
Guide to executing deeds and documents in property transactionsThis Precedent sets out precedent execution clauses for the types of entities most...
A type of assured tenancy under Housing Act 1988 of a residential property, generally granted for a short-term, providing little long-term security, as a landlord can recover possession at the end of the contractual term, by serving notice and possession proceedings but without needing to establish any grounds for possession.
A royal privilege or branch of the royal prerogative subsisting in the hands of a subject, by grant from the Crown.
An intangible property right in land.