Supported by Countrywide Legal Indemnities
- Advanced/Update/Intermediate *6 hours CPD
This course updates busy practitioners on a huge range of recent and pending changes.
Topics will include:
- Changes to the Land Registration Rules
- Property tax update (SDLT & VAT – the new rules on options to tax)
- The codes of practice on service charges and commercial leases, and lease drafting and negotiating point arising out of them
- 1954 Act contracting-out reforms - how the law has changed from June 1 2004, what problems arise, and how the Government intends to change the law again
- Energy Efficiency
- Other compliance rules affecting the commercial property sector – asbestos; fire safety; disability discrimination; etc
- Case law review - a round-up of all relevant property cases affecting the commercial property and landlord and tenant practitioner (1995 Act cases; easements; covenants; options; overage; cases on break clauses; cases affecting development acquisitions; village green issues).