Certificate in Commercial Leases

Introduction

Effectively negotiating and drafting commercial leases, and advising your client on the final terms, are key skills for all commercial property lawyers.

During this virtual classroom seminar, you will gain a greater understanding of the basic terms in a commercial lease. Essential issues you will consider include the need for ancillary documents, such as licences for alterations and deeds of variation.

What rights and exceptions should you include to protect your client’s interests? What are the pitfalls when considering alienation and landlord’s consent?

Our commercial property expert, Peta Dollar, will guide you through the main clauses found in a lease, and their implications.

What You Will Learn

This live and interactive session will be split into 2 parts and will cover the following:

Part 1

• What is a lease?
• Defining the demise, and why its definition is crucial
• Rights, exceptions & reservations: what you need to include, and why
• Quiet enjoyment and derogation from grant
• Guarantors and authorised guarantee agreements (AGAs)
• The Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995
• Alienation and consent

Part 2

• Rent review
• Understand how Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 works
• Repair
• Ancillary documents
• Alterations and user
• Registration gap
• Recent cases and developments

Recording of live sessions: Soon after the Learn Live session has taken place you will be able to go back and access the recording - should you wish to revisit the material discussed.