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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Private Client analysis: The First-tier Tribunal (Tax) (FTT) ruled in the taxpayer’s favour, deciding that Mr. Candy did have four years to lodge the...
Property Disputes analysis: The High Court has held that a landlord of commercial premises had been significantly overcharging its tenant insurance...
HM Land Registry (HMLR) has updated three practice guides: Practice Guide 19—Notices, restrictions and protection of third-party interests, Practice...
Planning analysis: The government has published a working paper on reforming site size thresholds to support housing delivery on different types of...
Following the publication of the Spending Review on 11 June 2025, several construction industry bodies have released their responses....
Incoming tenant’s liability for pre-existing breachesThis Practice Note sets out the liability of an incoming tenant, on assignment of a lease, for...
Quick guide to benefit and burden of covenants on assignmentThe Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995 (LT(C)A 1995) provides that (with exceptions)...
Misrepresentation, misstatement and non-disclosure in property mattersThis Practice Note looks at misrepresentation, misstatement and non-disclosure...
Dealing with rent arrears on the sale of a property subject to leasesThis Practice Note sets out the considerations for a buyer and seller where a...
Property case tracker—2025The Property case tracker is a list of key judgments from 2025 which we consider relevant to property lawyers. Cases are...
Deed of assignment—benefit of a dilapidations claim—contract for sale—property subject to leasesdate: [date].Parties1[name of seller that served...
Consent to mortgage—residential conveyancing transaction—occupier’s consentTHIS IS AN IMPORTANT DOCUMENT AND YOU SHOULD TAKE LEGAL ADVICE BEFORE...
Landlord’s Section 45 Counter-notice to Tenant s 42 NoticeLandlord’s counter-notice under section 45 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban...
Utilities fair usage clause—commercial property lease—all-inclusive rent1Fair usage—[electricity OR [other]]The parties acknowledge that the [Annual...
Contract for sale—sale by administrative receiverdate [date]Parties1[name of Seller] in administrative receivership [and also in liquidation]...
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?A certificate of title (also known as a certificate on title) is a particular species of report on title.When...
Indemnity covenants in property transfersThis Practice Note looks at when an indemnity covenant should be given in a transfer of land. For general...
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 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 provisionsThe Standard Conditions of Sale (SCS), currently in their...
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 permissionsSection 62 of the Law of Property Act 1925 (LPA 1925) (section 62) is, in essence, a word-saving device....
Occupiers and overriding interestsOverriding interests are interests which are binding on property even though they are not shown on the register....
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...
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 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 landBroadly, the doctrine of overreaching enables purchasers (which includes tenants and mortgagees) in good faith...
Pre-completion searchesThis Practice Note sets out the searches that should be carried out prior to completion (pre-completion searches), including...
Cautions against first registrationA caution against first registration (referred to as a ‘caution’ throughout this Practice Note) is a means of...
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 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...