KEY SUBJECTS
- COMMERCIAL PROPERTY CASE LAW UPDATE – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
- 1954 ACT RENEWAL TERMS: GETTING THE NEW LEASE YOU WANT
- COMMERCIAL PROPERTY INSOLVENCY: IT’S NOT GOING AWAY!
- THE MEES REGULATIONS – LEASE DRAFTING WINNERS AND LOSERS
- TOPICAL ISSUES IN COMMERCIAL PROPERTY LAW
- THE BUILDING SAFETY ACT 2022 – TIPS AND TRAPS FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY LAWYERS
SPEAKERS
Bryan Johnston, Partner and Head of Real Estate Litigation, Dentons
Sarah Thompson-Copsey, Non-Practising Solicitor, Legal Lecturer and Trainer
Steve Allinson, Solicitor and Licensed Insolvency Practitioner
Ben Strange, Director, Mobius Building Consultancy
Ian Quayle, Chief Executive, IQ Legal Training
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
09.30am CHAIRMAN’S INTRODUCTION
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY CASE LAW UPDATE – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
The law is evolving all the time. In this talk Bryan will analyse the most important property cases in the last 12 months and distil the key information to provide practical knowledge and takeaway points.
The session will transcend the world of commercial property with focus on areas including:
- Forfeiture
- The redevelopment and own occupation grounds of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954
- Renewal lease terms – ‘give me a break!’
- Adverse Possession
- Building Safety – whose liability is it anyway?
- Expert Evidence
- Trespass and nuisance
- Knotweed
Bryan Johnston, Partner and Head of Real Estate Litigation, Dentons
1954 ACT RENEWAL TERMS: GETTING THE NEW LEASE YOU WANT
When a commercial lease with security of tenure under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 comes to an end, the tenant is entitled to a new lease – but on what terms? How best to advise and protect a client who wants new lease terms.
- Rent: the right expert, the right evidence, the right rent: W (No 3) v JD Sports: Dukeminster; S Franses v Cavendish
- Break clauses – positioning your client and the evidence to consider: all the recent cases
- MEES compliance & ‘greening’ the lease – can the repair and service charge clauses be future proofed?: Poundland: Saville-Edells; Clipper Logistics
- User clauses, alienation clauses, guarantor clauses: can these ever be changed and if so, to what extent?
Sarah Thompson-Copsey, Non-Practising Solicitor, Legal Lecturer and Trainer
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY INSOLVENCY: IT’S NOT GOING AWAY!
- The state of the property insolvency market – any green shoots?
- Commercial tenant’s rescue remedies – the rise of the restructuring plan
- Pre-packaged administrations – all quiet on the western front – or not?
- Getting ahead of the game as a commercial landlord – recognising the warning signs of insolvency
- The other side of the coin – should commercial landlords instigate insolvency proceedings?
- Top practical tips when advising clients in this arena
Steve Allinson, Solicitor and Licensed Insolvency Practitioner
THE MEES REGULATIONS – LEASE DRAFTING WINNERS AND LOSERS
- Defining EPCs vs Environmental Performance – which is more onerous?
- Definition of Premises and Schedules of Condition – what is a Tenant required to yield up?
- Restriction on EPC preparation – how important is this?
- Statutory Compliance – how does MEES compare with other legislation covered?
- Reasonable modernisation – can a landlord claim for return of a fundamentally better property
Ben Strange, Director, Mobius Building Consultancy
TOPICAL ISSUES IN COMMERCIAL PROPERTY LAW
- Selling land: ‘caveat emptor’ the limits – or how to avoid a claim for misrepresentation – lessons from Patarkatsishvili v Woodward-Fisher
- Boundaries and adverse possession – practical advice on untangling the inextricable link following the Court of Appeal decision in Clapham v Narga
- “A building”? What to consider in buying and selling mixed use buildings and blocks of flats: SGL v FSV Freeholders
- Dilapidations – sidestepping the second limb of s18 and maximising the landlord’s damages claim: Peachside v Koon Yau Lee
Sarah Thompson-Copsey, Non-Practising Solicitor, Legal Lecturer and Trainer
THE BUILDING SAFETY ACT 2022 – TIPS AND TRAPS FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY LAWYERS
In this presentation Ian Quayle, co-author of the Building Safety Act 2022 – A Guide for Property Lawyers, published by the Law Society, explores the key issues the Act has generated for busy commercial property practitioners. He will explore:
- An overview of the Act and the role of the Building Safety Regulator in the construction or conversion of higher risk buildings
- Acting for landlords and remediation and remediation contribution orders – lessons from case law
- The potential problems with the acquisition and management of relevant and higher risk mixed use buildings
- Commercial leases issues for commercial landlords and tenants
Ian Quayle, Chief Executive, IQ Legal Training
5.00pm CLOSE OF PROCEEDINGS