TC39 Reading, Interpreting and Understanding the Implications of Lease Clauses

London - 25th June 2013 (Lion Court Conference Centre) 

Full Day Course: 09:30 - 17:00

Tutors :
Richard Bagwell, Property Litigation Partner – Foot Anstey Solicitors
Ian Thompson, BSc FRICS – Trevaskis Consulting Ltd

A one day interactive course in learning to read leases constructively, gleaning the essential knowledge to format a “bible” for each managed property, understanding the implications for property managers of these often weird and wonderful clauses drafted in “legalese”.

This course aims to cover :

• Who are the parties, how many parties are there
• Who is the client – for ground rent, for service charges
• The “demise” – what is it
• Windows – whose responsibility
• External decorations, internal decorations
• Forced entry – the client’s rights
• Interest on late payment – can it be levied
• Service charges to be t reated as rent – the implications
• Reserve funds – allowable or not
• Period of grace for payment
• Mutual enforceability
• Indemnity required for Landlord’s enforcement in leaseholder disputes
• Landlord’s consent to assign or sub-let
• Case studies on what can go wrong
• Breakout interactive sessions

Who should attend?

This course is for  the relatively inexperienced who have some knowledge of the legal framework governing residential long leasehold management but who need to become familiar with the essential information needed to safely and efficiently assist or manage a portfolio.