Courses for delegates
comprising both commercial and residential practitioners
All courses are 3 hours in length. We are always happy to discuss
adaptations, variations or new course requests.
These courses courses are delivered as
interactive presented courses. Many of them are also available as case study
courses if requested.
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1. Rights of way, light and other easements –
current issues
Half day course – intermediate/advanced level
Development transactions and acquisitions,
sales or leases of part of land usually require the grant or reservation of
present or future easements. The law and practice in this area is almost
entirely common law based and full of traps for the unwary. This course
considers key problem areas as well as well as providing an update on recent
developments. It offer both practical and commercially orientated solutions.
• Background – legal and commercial issues
•
Creation of rights
• Specific easements analysed
• Remedies and registration
issues
2. Freehold covenants in practice
Half day course – intermediate/advanced level
With 80% of all registered titles subject to
covenants, when buying and selling freehold land an understanding of the law
and practice relating to restrictive and positive covenants is crucial to
every property practitioner. Regrettably the law is convoluted and often
obscure. This course provides a realistic and practical review of issues in
relation to law, drafting and interpretation.
• Commercial and legal background
• Negative
and positive covenants
• Drafting issues
• Remedies – and insurance issues
3. Sale and Purchase Contracts: Damage
Limitation
Thankfully, things rarely go wrong in a
purchase or sale transaction, but when they do it is important to be able to
be able to act with a clear understanding of the relevant law and practice.
Hopefully, a carefully drafted clause will provide the solution. This course
considers key areas in which problems may occur and provides a clear
analysis of the legal issues involved, coupled with guidance on practical
solutions.
• Contractual deposits
• Issues arising
between exchange and completion
• Problems at Completion
• Failure to
Complete
4. Complex property transactions
Half day course – intermediate level
This course considers some of the problematic
aspects of more complex transactions – principally those relating to
small-scale developments or sales of part of land with development
potential. It also considers some of the key drafting issues arising from
the documentation that will be encountered. It will be of interest to
residential practitioners, and commercial practitioners who do not normally
do development work. Please note that the course is not aimed at the
specialist in substantial development work.
• Overage
• Conditional contracts – with
particular reference to planning conditions
• Options
• Rights of
pre-emption
5. Mortgages
– perennial problems and current issues
Half day course – intermediate/advanced level
Mortgages, charges and debentures are
commonly encountered by property practitioners as methods of securing loans
against land. It is clearly important to ensure that adequate protection and
priority are secured, and that the many hidden pitfalls are avoided. This
course considers practical and commercial solutions in the context of this
legally complex area of practice.
• Background – commercial and legal
• Registration of charges over land and priorities
• Undertakings to discharge mortgages
• Rights of the parties
• Corporate security
6. Property
transactions: twenty topical traps
Half day course – intermediate level
This course considers a number of current
practice problems as they might be encountered in a transaction and then
practical and realistic solutions are offered. It is designed for both
commercial and residential practitioners. Areas covered include problems
arising on:
• Drafting contracts
• Title matters
• Enquiries before contract
• Exchange
• Completion and post completion
7.
Current key issues in property
transactions
Half day course – intermediate level
(This course is designed to follow the same
model of the course: Property transactions: twenty topical traps – above,
however, the questions addressed are completely different.)
Property practitioners are faced from time to
time with difficult legal issues in transactions, where the answer is far
from clear. This course is designed to address practical issues faced by
both commercial and residential property lawyers in a refreshingly
accessible way. A question is posed and the answer given in a structured
manner which considers the underlying law before presenting a solution.
Areas covered include:
• Issues arising at the point of taking
instructions
• Problems pre-exchange
• Exchange of contracts – key points
• Pre-completion – problem areas
• Problems areas following completion
8.
Residential leases and mixed use
properties: current issues
Half day course – intermediate level
This field of law is amongst one of the most
rapidly changing and there have been some significant developments relating
to residential tenants' statutory rights that we will cover in this course.
Even if you are not a specialist in this field, most property practitioners
encounter this area from time to time. Commercial property practioners need
to be alert to this, principally when dealing with mixed use developments.
The course will consider these developments in context by providing a brief
synopsis of the basics. We will include current issues and problem areas in
relation to:
• Collective enfranchisement and extended
leases
• Leasehold houses – enfranchisement and extended leases
• Tenants pre-emption rights
• Residential services charges
• Tenancy deposit scheme – new pitfalls
• Solar panels and leasehold properties
• Other recent developments
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