About Property Law
Property is one of the most complex areas of law. Some of it is rooted in ancient laws – but case law is constantly changing. The stakes are high, but research time is in short supply. Lexis+ Property brings all of the different sources you need together so you can find the answers you need, fast.
Transferring property
This topic includes a suite of Practice Notes and Precedents covering all aspects of the process of buying and selling land, including conditional contracts and contracts entered into by insolvency practitioners.
Leasing property
Commercial property is a staple for many property lawyers. Coronavirus has introduced changes for landlords and tenants – we’ve taken them and published a suite of precedent Pandemic lease clauses.
Property development
We have a broad range of Practice Notes and Precedents for this specialised and complex area. Structured logically – site acquisition, vacant possession, structuring a development project, overage, and rights of light.
Property disputes
Clear, concise practice notes have direct links to relevant cases, legislation, guidance and commentary. Our daily news feeds and weekly highlights keep you informed of new cases, and legislation.
Topics We Cover
Latest Property News
The British Property Federation (BPF) has published a new Plan for Growth calling for the recruitment of 3,000 additional planning officers across...
HM Land Registry (HMLR) has updated Practice Guide 75 on transfers under a chargee's power of sale. Section 2.2.4 of the guidance has been revised to...
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published its response to the technical consultation on the Building Safety...
Finance Act 2025 received Royal Assent on 20 March 2025....
The Law Society has announced changes to its property information forms following an extensive consultation on the TA6 Property information form (5th...
Latest Property Practice Notes
Local authority rental auctions of vacant high street premisesSections 191–218 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (LURA 2023) (Part 10)...
Property case tracker—2025The Property case tracker is a list of key judgments from 2025 which we consider relevant to property lawyers. Cases are...
Property key future developments trackerOnce a development occurs, it is then moved to the relevant archive:•Property key future developments...
Islamic finance standard documentation in the context of real estate finance transactionsIslamic real estate finance is becoming ever more popular and...
Quick guide to time limits for collective enfranchisement under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993FORTHCOMING CHANGES: there...
Latest Property Precedents
Confidentiality agreement—one-way—pro-discloserThis Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[Insert name of party][ of [insert details] OR a company...
CLLS wayleave agreementThis Precedent wayleave is provided as an external link to The City of London Law Society’s Wayleave Agreement (the CLLS...
Lease of unit on an industrial estateHM Land Registry Prescribed ClausesLR1. Date of the lease[date]LR2. Title number(s)LR2.1 Landlord's title...
Pie crust lease of a unit on an estateHM Land Registry Prescribed ClausesLR1. Date of the lease[date]LR2. Title number(s)LR2.1 Landlord's title...
Pandemic alterations clause—tenant permitted to make internal, non-structural alterations without consentDefinitions (General)Competent Authority•any...
Latest Property Q&As
Featured Property content
What is a certificate of title?
What is a certificate of title?A certificate of title (also known as a certificate on title) is a particular species of report on title.When...
Easements—LPA 1925, s 62 and permissions
Easements—LPA 1925, s 62 and permissionsSection 62 of the Law of Property Act 1925 (LPA 1925) (section 62) is, in essence, a word-saving device....
The Standard Conditions of Sale (5th edition: 2018 revision)—a guide to the main provisions
The Standard Conditions of Sale (5th edition: 2018 revision)—a guide to the main provisionsThe Standard Conditions of Sale (SCS), currently in their...
Severance of a joint tenancy
Severance of a joint tenancySeverance is the process by which a joint tenancy is converted into a tenancy in common. It is a matter of evidence...
A chargor (an individual) is granting a legal charge to a chargee (a company). Can an employee of the chargee witness the signature of the chargor?
Title guarantee and covenants for title
Title guarantee and covenants for titleOn the disposition of a property (whether by way of conveyance, transfer or charge), the party making the...
Land charges—registration and purpose
Land charges—registration and purposeLand charges are registered to protect the interests, in unregistered land, of a person who does not hold the...
Overreaching—sales by trustees of land
Overreaching—sales by trustees of landBroadly, the doctrine of overreaching enables purchasers (which includes tenants and mortgagees) in good faith...
Resulting trusts
Resulting trustsResulting trusts represent one of the three types of trust which do not require to be declared or evidenced in writing. The others are...
Legal mortgages and legal charges
Legal mortgages and legal chargesThe terms ‘mortgage’ and ‘charge’ are often used as though they are interchangeable. Strictly speaking, they are not....
Indemnity covenants in property transfers
Indemnity covenants in property transfersThis Practice Note looks at when an indemnity covenant should be given in a transfer of land. For general...
Occupiers and overriding interests
Occupiers and overriding interestsOverriding interests are interests which are binding on property even though they are not shown on the register....
Concurrent and reversionary leases
Concurrent and reversionary leasesThere can be only one lease at a time giving a right to possession and occupation of property. Consequently, if a...
Implied easements—common law
Implied easements—common lawThere are three different ways by which an easement can be implied at common law:•necessity•intended use•the rule in...
Sub-sales and assignments
Sub-sales and assignmentsA sub-sale is where A contracts to sell a property to B but, before completing the purchase from A, B then contracts to sell...
Contracts for the sale of land—formation, signature and variation
Contracts for the sale of land—formation, signature and variationIntroductionA contract for the sale, or other disposition, of an interest in land is...
Carrying out bankruptcy searches at the Land Charges Department
Carrying out bankruptcy searches at the Land Charges DepartmentIntroductionThis Practice Note looks at the circumstances in which a bankruptcy search...
Guide to executing deeds and documents in property transactions
Guide to executing deeds and documents in property transactionsThis Precedent sets out precedent execution clauses for the types of entities most...
Associated legal terms
Commercial Property Standard Enquiries
The Commercial Property Standard Enquiries (CPSEs) are a suite of industry-standard pre-contract enquiries for commercial property transactions prepared by the London Property Support Lawyers Group and endorsed by the British Property Federation, comprising enquiries before contract for common transactions and requisitions on title (known as Solicitor’s Completion Requirements or SCR).
Head lease
A lease taking effect under a freehold, usually subject to one or more underleases. Where A has a freehold and grants a lease to B, and B grants a lease to C, B will have the head lease.
Ligan
Goods that are thrown from a ship so as to lighten it.
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