Description
Book SynopsisA Guide to Landlord and Tenant Law provides a strong foundation in commercial landlord and tenant, and housing law. The book is designed to provide a complete course text for both undergraduate and postgraduate students from surveying and real estate management backgrounds. This clear and accessible textbook aims to introduce the reader to the fundamentals of both residential and commercial landlord and tenant law by considering the nature of the tenancy and the relationship between the parties. It examines the main elements of the commercial lease including rent, repair, alienation, termination and statutory renewal. The main types of residential tenancy are also considered including: assured and assured shorthold tenancies, secure and Rent Act tenancies and long leasehold enfranchisement. The book aims to familiarise the reader with the contractual documentation as well as the common law and statutory codes which form the basis of landlord and tenant transactions. It cont
Table of Contents
Part 1 – Leases, the basic principles
1 Introduction
2 The Lease/ license distinction
3 Formalities for creating a lease
Part 2 – Obligations within the lease and termination
4 Introduction to obligations
5 Implied obligations
6 Express obligations
7 Repair
8 Rent
9 Alienation
10 Termination
Part 3 – Business tenancies
11 Introduction
12 Who is a business tenant?
13 Contracting out, continuation and termination
14 Grounds of opposition
15 Application and grant of a new tenancy
16 Code for leasing business premises
Part 4 – Residential tenancies
17 Introduction
18 Rent Act tenancies
19 Assured and assured shorthold tenancies
20 Secure tenancies
21 Protection from eviction
22 Long leaseholds and enfranchisement
23 Commonhold
Part 5 – Agricultural tenancies
24 Agricultural Holdings
25 Farm Business Tenancies
