Ensuring property documents are properly signed

How to ensure property documents are signed correctly the first time, every time. The requirements for contracts, licences and deeds, when a witness is needed and when one isn't and the differences between documents signed by individuals and companies. How to avoid problems and issues.

Taking a lease – the key clauses for a tenant

In this webinar we will highlight the key clauses in a lease for an occupier to consider – repair, alterations, use, assignment and underletting, service charge and rent review.

An introduction to wayleave agreements

If a tenant wants to install broadband to their property it is very likely that they will need to enter into some form of wayleave agreement with an electronic communications operator (e.g. BT or Virgin). In this webinar we will explain why such an agreement is required, what it does and provide a quick overview of some of the key terms.

How a tenant might bring its lease to an early end

Explaining lease surrenders, the process, the documentation and the requirements to be met by the tenant and the landlord.

Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES)

From 1 April this year it will become unlawful for a landlord to let a "substandard" property and from 1 April 2023 it will become unlawful for a landlord to continue to let a substandard commercial property. Minimum energy efficiency standards are expected to have a significant impact so this introductory session will explain the definitions, the concepts and the consequences.

Rent deposit arrangments

A look at the various type of rents deposit agreements, the pros and cons of each for occupiers and the issues to negotiate.

Negotiation of wayleave agreements

The negotiation and settlement of wayleave agreements can be more complicated than expected.  We'll consider the key issues to focus upon when considering wayleaves for services connections to office premises.

Landlord’s consent to alienation

In this webinar we will look at how to make sure that an application to assign or underlet is made properly and what steps the tenant should be taking in order to make sure that such consent is obtained promptly.

The negotiation of a surrender

The negotiation of the surrender deal and surrender documentation from an occupier's point of view.

The model commercial lease – an occupier’s viewpoint

A number of landlords now base their standard form of lease on the Model Commercial Lease or MCL.  The intention of the MCL is to limit negotiation on most routine letting transactions by representing a fair starting (and, in many cases, end) point for both landlord and tenant.  Should an occupier accept it as it is?  Or what amendments should a tenant look to make?

Case law update for 2017

In this webinar we will look at the key property cases in 2017 and what these decisions will mean for commercial occupiers.

The Landlord & Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995

There have been a number of significant cases on assignments and the application of the Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995 (for example, Good Harvest, House of Fraser and the EMI case).  We'll consider what these decisions mean in practice, the lease drafting changes, the implications for group company arrangements.

MEES - considerations of strategy and drafting

With the MEES regulations set to start taking effect on 1 April, what's your strategy to deal with the regulations?  Do your standard lease documents implement that strategy?

Preparation of a certificate of title

The preparation of a certificate on title requires significant involvement from the owner who will be asked to provide confirmations to a number of statements in the certificate. We shall look at the City of London Law Society's form of certificate and the owner’s role in the preparation of the document.

Artificial intelligence software

What is available by way of artificial intelligence software, what it claims to be able to do and how it may assist you with the management of your property portfolio and issues such as data gathering for IFRS 16.

Key trends in office leases

The trends that we are seeing on the negotiation of office leases, from dogs in offices to amendments to Jervis v Harris clauses.