Subjects:

Landlord and Tenant Law

Contents:

PART 1: LEASES: THE GENERAL LAW

Essential Characteristics of a Lease

Different Types of Leases

Formalities for Creating a Lease

Covenants and Conditions in Leases

Obligations Implied on Behalf of the Landlord

Obligations Implied on Behalf of the Tenant

Enforceability of Leasehold Covenants

Covenants Against Alienation

Repairing Covenants

Covenants Restrictive of the User and Covenants Against Alterations

Reservation of Rent and Rent-Review Clauses

Service Charges and Insurance.

Options to Renew the Lease, Break Clauses and Options to Purchase the Reversion

Title to Leasehold Property and Enforceability of a Lease Against a Purchaser of the Freehold Reversion

Termination of a Lease

PART 2: LEASES: THE STATUTORY CODES

Private Residential Accommodation

Private Residential Accommodation: Long Leases

Public Sector Residential Accommodation

Business Tenancies

Agricultural Holdings

Further Reading

Index

Landlord and Tenant Law is an easily accessible introductory text. The clear, concise style allows the authors to cover the subject in admirable breadth and depth. Summaries, exercises and workshops concluding each chapter help the reader to make sense of a complex area of Law.

This is an extensively revised fifth edition of this popular text, particularly in terms of its coverage of the effects of covenants in leases and also in an expanded section on business tenancies which deals fully with the important changes to the security of tenure of business tenants that took effect in 2004.