MDJ Book Mar 23

A Practical Guide to Alienation, Alteration and User Covenants in Commercial Property

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Intended for busy solicitors and surveyors, ‘A Practical Guide to Alienation, Alteration and User Covenants in Commercial Property’ provides an efficient guide to the workings of these important covenants.

 

Landmark barrister Richard Clarke has written a book entitled ‘A Practical Guide to Alienation, Alteration and User Covenants in Commercial Property’.

Published in June 2023, this book is a practical guide for solicitors and surveyors on the workings of covenants in commercial property.

Each type of covenant is dealt with in its own standalone chapter, highlighting the key legislative provisions and case law as well as discussing the practical issues likely to be encountered in practice. The book also explains the principles which govern the interpretation of leases generally, the test for the implication of terms into a lease, the workings of the Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995 and the principles governing forfeiture, all of which are of wider application and will be of use to those practising in commercial property. Each of the chapters is broken down by topic, so the busy reader can quickly extract the key points.

The eight standalone chapters are subdivided by topic so that you can quickly extract the key points.  It also highlights the key legislative provisions and case law as well as discusses the issues likely to be encountered in practice.

The chapters cover:

  • The interpretation of leases
  • The implication of lease terms at common law
  • Rules governing alienation covenants
  • Rules governing alteration covenants
  • Rules governing user covenants
  • When is consent unlawfully withheld?
  • The interaction between the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 and alteration, alienation and user covenants
  • Remedies for breach of covenant

This book can be purchased at all major bookstores as well as directly from the publisher, Law Brief Publishing. Click here for a sample chapter of the book.

Author: Richard Clarke 

ISBN: 978-1914608773

Cost: RRP £69.99

Publishers: Law Brief Publishing

Publication Date: 30 June 2023

Table of Contents:

Chapter One – The Interpretation of Leases
Chapter Two – The Implication of Lease Terms at Common Law
Chapter Three – Rules Governing Alienation Covenants
Chapter Four – Rules Governing Alteration Covenants
Chapter Five – Rules Governing User Covenants
Chapter Six – When Is Consent Unlawfully Withheld?
Chapter Seven – Interaction Between the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 and Alteration, Alienation and User Covenants
Chapter Eight – Remedies for Breach of Covenant

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