Drafting Residential Leases

Drafting; why grant a lease?; types of tenancy - common law, statutory types of tenancy; the term of lease; premises, easements and other rights; rent and rent increases; service charges and insurance; rates, taxes and VAT; assignment and subletting; user covenants; repairing covenants; enforcement and forfeiture; deposits and premiums; sureties; disposal of the landlord's interest; information to tenant; lettings to companies; lettings to students; holidays lettings and holiday homes; lettings to employees (non-agricultural); letting the landlord's home; assured shorthold tenancies; shorthold tenancies; secure tenancies; extension leases under the LRA 1967; protected tenancies; licences and sharing agreements. Appendices forms: long lease; provision for sinking fund in service charge; long lease to secure tenant who has exercised right to buy; extension lease granted under Leasehold Reform Act 1967; short-term lease of furnished house; holiday letting agreement; serice tenancy of employee of local authority; rent agreement with tenant having security of tenure (protected tenancies only); landlord's notice proposing new rent under assured periodic tenancy; rent increases linked to category A retirement pension; rent increases linked to retail price index; rent review provision on landlord's trigger notice - valuer to determine whether landlord's tenants proposal closes to market rent, valuer to determine market rent; service occupancy agreement; non-exclusive possession or sharing agreement; notice of assured shorthold tenancy; licence to use garage; tenant's company.