Commercial Property for Support Staff

Introduction

This course is for paralegals and support staff who want to understand how commercial property is different from dealing with residential property. There can often be more property law involved, less reliance on title insurance and more potential for getting it wrong if you don't know what you are doing.

What You Will Learn

This course will cover the following:

• Why commercial property is different from residential conveyancing
• New terminology, new concepts, same process but different issues
• Commercial Leases & Investment properties
• Form of a typical lease
• Key points to look for
• Security of tenure
• Dealings with commercial leases
• Commercial lending issues
• Property Development and infrastructure
• Highways and road adoption
• Planning, planning agreements and CIL
• Building control
• Options and Conditional Contracts
• Overage and clawback
• Construction and collateral warranties
• Mortgages
• Certificates of Title
• Taxation - VAT, SDLT & Capital Allowances
• Statutory controls - Energy, Fire, Asbestos, Environmental