New to this edition
Readership: Solicitors and barristers specializing in landlord and tenant law; housing advisors; law students studying landlord and tenant law as an elective on courses such as the LLB, LPC or BVC; academic and reference libraries.
Review(s) from previous edition"This book's title delivers what it promises: a practical approach to an area of law that is beset with traps for the unwary. - New Law Journal
"It will be ideally suited to the busy practitioner who needs a straightforward introduction to the key principles...there are helpful introductions to the key principles of leasehold enfranchisement, commonhold and the right to manage. " - Stephen Murch (4 Paper Buildings), New Law Journal
Part 1: The Common Law 1: The basis 2: The distinction between a lease and a license 3: Creating a tenancy 4: Introduction to obligations in leases 5: Implied obligations 6: Express obligations 7: Repair - contractual obligations 8: Repair - obligations arising in tort 9: Assignment and subletting - continuing obligations 10: Termination of tenancies: An overview - the common law rules 11: Forfeiture Part 2: The Statutory Codes 12: Introduction to the statutory codes 13: The Rent Act 1977 - 1) Protected tenancies 14: The Rent Act 1977 - 2) Recovery of possession by the landlord 15: The Housing Act 1988 - 1) Assured tenancies 16: The Housing Act 1988 - 2) Recovery of possession by the landlord 17: The Housing Act 1985 - 1) Secure tenancies 18: The Housing Act 1985 - 2) Recovery of possession by the landlord 19: The Housing Act 2004 20: Protection from eviction 21: Long residential leases at low rents 22: Management and service charges in long leases 23: Enfranchisement and leasehold extension 24: Commonhold 25: Business tenancies 26: Agricultural holdings 27: Farm business tenancies 28: Residential protection of agricultural workers 29: Your practice
