Landlord and Tenant Law

Landlord and Tenant Law contains summaries, exercises and workshops to 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.

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.