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How to complete a landlord’s warning notice and a tenant’s declaration for the purposes of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954

How to complete a landlord’s warning notice and a tenant’s declaration for the purposes of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 This Practice Note provides guidance on filling out a landlord’s warning notice and a tenant’s declaration for the purposes of contracting out of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (LTA 1954)—ie excluding LTA 1954, ss 24–28 in relation to a new business tenancy in order to avoid giving the tenant statutory security of tenure. Detailed content and guidance on contracting out of LTA 1954 including: • leases to which LTA 1954 applies • when and how to serve a landlord’s notice, and • when and how to make a tenant’s declaration or statutory declaration can be found in Practice Note: Contracting out of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954—procedures, timing and pitfalls and Contracting out of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954—procedure for a new lease—checklist which should both be consulted before using this guide. This Practice Note assumes a basic understanding of the background to, and...

Adverse possession and leases

Adverse possession and leases This is one of four Practice Notes on adverse possession. The others are: • Establishing adverse possession of land • Claiming title by adverse possession under the Limitation Act 1980 or the Land Registration Act 1925 • Claiming title by adverse possession under the Land Registration Act 2002 Adverse possession of the demised premises by a squatter The tenant’s position A squatter will extinguish the tenant’s title to the demised premises if the squatter can show adverse possession for an uninterrupted period of at least twelve years: • at any time (where the lease is unregistered), or • before 13 October 2003 (where the lease is registered) As a result, the squatter will be entitled to apply to be registered as the proprietor. For further information, with particular reference to the position where the lease is unregistered, see HM Land Registry Practice Guide 5, para 7.1. For more information, see Practice Notes: Establishing adverse possession of land and Claiming title by adverse possession under the Limitation...

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Improving efficiency: Making changes across the department (worked example)

Improving efficiency: Making changes across the department (worked example) This Precedent provides a worked example relating to a hypothetical in-house legal department that wishes to make changes to improve its contract drafting process. By using the Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve, Control (DMAIC) framework for improving efficiency, a range of solutions has been identified, including clarifying the process and reviewing how documents are stored in order to minimise the need for internal clients to call the administrative assistants to chase for information. This case study scenario looks at how to implement and embed that specific change only. Stage Questions/considerations Case study scenario responses 1. Create a sense of urgency How will the employees know there is a need for the change?How will they understand how important it is?How will they see the long-term and short-term benefits? Explain: —how the impact of the current contract drafting process is affecting budgets—the impact the process is now having, and is likely to have, on supplier relationships in the future—how the reduction...