A Practical Approach to Commercial Conveyancing and Property,9780199266197

A Practical Approach to Commercial Conveyancing and Property

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9780199266197
ISBN10: 0199266190
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-08-28
Publisher(s): Blackstone Press
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Summary

Now in its second edition, this successful text offers practical advice and solutions in the complex area of commercial conveyancing and property. It provides detailed explanations of the structure and content of the modern business lease including rent review, lease covenants, and service charges, and includes a point-by-point study of the termination and renewal procedures with reference to the relevant legislative covenants.

Table of Contents

Table of Cases xix
Table of Statutes xxix
Table of Secondary Legislation xxxv
1 An Introduction to Commercial Conveyancing and Property 1(37)
1.1 A general introduction to the scope of this book
2(1)
1.2 An overview and an introduction to commercial conveyancing and property
3(1)
1.3 Defensive lawyering and the commercial conveyancing process
4(3)
1.4 The 2002 statutes, codes and standards
7(9)
1.5 Commercial leases - an introduction
16(22)
Key points summary: lease contents
35(1)
Practical checklist: lease contents
36(2)
2 Rent and Rent Review 38(27)
2.1 Rent
38(7)
Key points summary: rent
44(1)
2.2 Rent review
45(20)
Practical checklists: rent and rent review
63(2)
3 Commercial Lease Covenants I 65(34)
3.1 General introduction
65(1)
3.2 Covenants by the lessee
66(27)
3.3 Surety covenants
93(6)
Key points summary: lease covenants
96(1)
Practical checklist: lease covenants
97(2)
4 Commercial Lease Covenants II 99(23)
4.1 Lessor's covenants
99(11)
Key points summary: insurance provisions
109(1)
4.2 Precedents
110(1)
4.3 Service charges in a commercial lease
111(11)
Key points summary: service charges
119(3)
5 Miscellaneous Lease Concerns: Enforceability of Lease Covenants, Insolvency and Disclaimer, Surrender and Merger 122(28)
5.1 Enforceability of lease covenants
123(16)
Key points summary: liability of original landlord and tenant rules for old tenancies
126(4)
Key points summary: liability of original landlord and tenant rules for new tenancies
130(4)
Key points summary: liability of assignees of lease and reversion
134(3)
Key points summary: enforceability of lease covenants following a sub-letting
137(2)
5.2 Insolvency and disclaimer
139(4)
Key points summary: insolvency and disclaimer
142(1)
5.3 Surrender
143(4)
Key points summary: surrender
146(1)
5.4 Merger
147(3)
Practical checklists: miscellaneous lease concerns
147(3)
6 Remedies 150(37)
A CONTRACTUAL DELAYS AND REMEDIES
151(17)
6.1 Delays
151(6)
6.2 Remedies
157(11)
Key points summary delays and remedies
167(1)
Practical checklist: delays and remedies
167(1)
B COMMERCIAL LEASE REMEDIES
168(19)
6.3 Distress for rent
168(4)
6.4 Forfeiture
172(8)
Key points summary: waiver of the right to forfeit
175(5)
6.5 Remedies for breach of lessee repairing covenants
180(1)
6.6 Remedies available to the lessee
181(2)
6.7 Litigation and other commercial lease remedies
183(31)
Key points summary: commercial lease remedies
185(1)
Practical checklists: commercial lease remedies
185(2)
7 The Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, Part II: Security of Tenure for Business Tenants and the Termination and Renewal of Business Leases 187(55)
7.1 Introduction
189(1)
7.2 Qualifying agreements
189(1)
7.3 Need for 'tenancy'
189(1)
7.4 Tenancies where statutory protection is excluded
190(4)
7.5 Need for 'occupation'
194(2)
7.6 Need for 'the purposes of a business'
196(1)
7.7 Ways of terminating tenancies under the Act
197(14)
7.8 Definition of 'the holding'
211(1)
7.9 Definition of 'competent landlord'
211(2)
7.10 Section 40 notices
213(1)
7.11 Rules for service of notices
214(2)
Key points summary: s 25 notices and s 26 requests
215(1)
7.12 Landlord's application for interim rent
216(1)
7.13 Landlord's statutory grounds opposing a new lease
217(10)
Key points summary: statutory grounds under s 30(1)
227(1)
7.14 Tenant's right to compensation for failure to obtain a new tenancy
227(2)
7.15 The terms of the new tenancy
229(6)
Key points summary: terms of the new lease
235(1)
7.16 Court order for new tenancy
235(1)
7.17 Reform
236(2)
Practical checklists
238(1)
7.18 Summary of the 1954 Act
238(1)
7.19 Acting for landlord
239(1)
7.20 Acting for tenant
240(1)
7.21 Negotiating the terms of the renewed lease
241(1)
7.22 Reform: main proposals
241(1)
8 Property Development: Land Acquisition, Planning, Construction and Finance 242(46)
8.1 Introduction
243(1)
8.2 Acquiring land for development
243(18)
Key points summary: the contract
252(7)
Key points summary: checking for contamination
259(2)
8.3 Town and country planning
261(10)
Key points summary: town and country planning
270(1)
8.4 Design and construction
271(5)
Key points summary: protecting other parties interested in a new development
275(1)
8.5 Development finance and secured lending
276(12)
Key points summary: secured lending for development-security options
279(4)
Key points summary: practical considerations when acting for a commercial lender
283(2)
Practical checklists: property development
285(3)
9 Selling and Buying Tenanted Properties 288(35)
9.1 General introduction
289(1)
9.2 Tenanted properties: the seller's perspective; contractual matters
289(10)
9.3 Tenanted properties: the buyer's perspective; pre-contract enquiries
299(12)
9.4 Tenanted properties: the buyer's perspective; the title and raising requisitions
311(6)
9.5 Completion matters
317(4)
Key points summary: selling and buying tenanted properties
320(1)
9.6 Company acquisitions
321(2)
Practical checklist: tenanted properties
322(1)
10 Revenue Law and Commercial Conveyancing 323(26)
10.1 Introduction
324(1)
10.2 VAT on commercial property
324(6)
Key points summary: VAT and commercial conveyancing
329(1)
10.3 Stamp duty
330(6)
Key points summary: stamp duty and commercial conveyancing
335(1)
10.4 Other taxes
336(7)
Key points summary: revenue law and commercial conveyancing
342(1)
10.5 Taxation issues for your client
343(1)
10.6 Taxation issues for the subject property
344(1)
10.7 Taxation issues for practitioners
344(2)
10.8 Revenue law and commercial conveyancing-a concluding issue
346(3)
Practical checklist: revenue law and commercial conveyancing
346(1)
Practical checklist: VAT rates
347(2)
Appendix 1 Commercial Property Related Web Sites 349(2)
Appendix 2 Authorized Guarantee Agreement Precedent 351(2)
Appendix 3 Law Society Standard Form Leases 353(11)
Appendix 4 Standard Commercial Property Conditions (1st edn) 364(15)
Appendix 5 'Green Card' Warning on Property Fraud-Practice Information 379(3)
Appendix 6 Forms of Notice under the Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995, s 17 382(6)
Appendix 7 Landlord's Requests for Release from Covenants 388(12)
Appendix 8 Tenant's Responses to Landlord's Requests for Release from Covenants 400(8)
Appendix 9 Notice for Binding Apportionment on Assignment of Part 408(4)
Appendix 10 Request for an Overriding Lease by Former Tenant Pursuant to s 19 of the Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995 412(1)
Appendix 11 Precedent for an Overriding Lease Granted Pursuant to s 19 of the Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995 413(3)
Appendix 12 Specimen Notices under the Law of Property Act 1925, s146 416(4)
Appendix 13 Notices under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, s 40 420(7)
Appendix 14 Landlord's Notice under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, s25 427(3)
Appendix 15 Tenant's Request under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, s26 430(3)
Appendix 16 Environmental Enquiries of Seller's Solicitors 433(2)
Appendix 17 British Property Federation Collateral Warranties 435(24)
Appendix 18 A Code of Practice for Commercial Leases in England and Wales (2nd edn) 459(18)
Appendix 19 British Property Federation Commercial Property Standard Enquiries 477(20)
Index 497

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