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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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Under the new Electronic Communications Code, to what extent can a purchaser of land in Scotland rely on a termination notice served by the seller on an operator on the ground that the land will be redeveloped where it is the purchaser who will redevelop the land?
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Scotland—can a disposition which is being granted by two sellers who are co-owners be signed in counterpart each owner signing a separate counterpart?
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A long lease of commercial property does not include a clause to the effect that, if the property is damaged by an insured risk but reinstatement proves impossible, the insurance proceeds will be divided between the freeholder and leaseholders. Is such a term implied and would a court order the division of the insurance money in the event that reinstatement is prevented?
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If an employer provides accommodation to an employee in Wales, but the arrangement does not meet the criteria for being an occupation contract because no rent is payable (section 7(1)(b) of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016, and doesn’t meet the ‘notice’ condition at Schedule 2 para 1(2) and (3)), would the agreement then be a service occupancy if either the employee's occupation is essential for the performance to the employee’s duties (or there is a contractual provision requiring them to occupy the property for the better performance of their duties) and therefore end when the employment ends as is the case in England?
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Under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (LTA 1987), tenants under assured shorthold tenancies (ASTs) are not qualifying tenants under LTA 1987, s 3 for the purposes of the right of first refusal under LTA 1987. As of 1 December 2022, there are no longer ASTs in Wales and any existing ASTs have been automatically converted into occupation contracts. LTA 1987, s 3 has been amended to exclude a tenancy (i) which is a secure contract, and (ii) in relation to which, the landlord is not a local authority. Does this mean that tenants under standard occupation contracts would now be qualifying tenants?
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Associated legal terms

Break clause

A term in a lease that permits the lease to be brought to an end.

Deed of conditions

A deed for applying real burdens and servitudes to a number of different properties within a development introduced by section 32 of the Conveyancing (Scotland) Act 1874. Deeds of condition ceased to have a separate statutory basis on 28 November 2004 but the term is still commonly used for the constitutive deed applying community burdens and servitudes to housing or other property developments

Vacant Possession

/ˈveɪk(ə)nt/ /pəˈzɛʃ(ə)n/

Property sold with vacant possession must be empty of existing tenants or other occupiers (whether or not occupation is authorised), and all goods and rubbish (subject to the de minimis rule) that substantially prevent or interfere with the enjoyment of a substantial part of the property on or before completion.
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