Catch up on significant topics within land law through expertly presented content.
A curated series of short videos available exclusively to Property Section members, designed to enhance your legal advisory capabilities.
Break Clauses in Commercial Leases
This informative session provides insights into break clauses within commercial leases, focusing on tenant rights under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954. Topics include the conditionality of tenant break rights and the various scenarios involving the withdrawal of break notices.
Featured Speaker: Warren Gordon, Senior Professional Support Lawyer at CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP, and member of the Property Section advisory committee and Law Society Conveyancing and Land Law Committee.
Negotiating Insurance and Repair Provisions in Leases
This video highlights the critical importance of insurance provisions in lease agreements, addressing aspects such as loss of rent coverage and repair obligations for both landlords and tenants.
Featured Speakers: Hannah Bayliss, Trainee Solicitor at Wilson Browne, and John Punni, Solicitor and Commercial Property Partner at Wilson Browne.
Key Differences Between a Lease and a License
Understanding the distinction between leases and licenses is crucial in land law. This segment clarifies scenarios where one may be more beneficial than the other, highlights the concept of a tenancy at will, and references the landmark case of Street v Mountford [1985] to establish whether an occupation is classified as a tenancy or a license.
Featured Speakers: Clare Harman Clark, Senior Counsel (Knowledge) at Taylor Wessing LLP, Chair of the Property Section advisory committee, and Nikki Bensoor, Senior Associate Solicitor at NSS Legal Limited.
Basics of Easements
This video delves into the fundamental principles of easements, outlining the differences between positive and negative easements, as well as the concept of appurtenant rights. Key topics include the significance of easements, the differences between a grant and reservation, methods for creating easements, and how these rights are protected for future successors of the servient tenement.
Featured Speakers: Clare Harman Clark, Senior Counsel (Knowledge) at Taylor Wessing LLP, and Lucy Pattison, Lecturer in Law at the University of Exeter and non-practising solicitor specializing in land and property law.
