Date: 25th October 2018
Time: 13:00 - 14:30
Location:
Online
CPD Hours: 1hour 30minutes
Get an up-to-date brief on the latest legal and practice developments in commercial leasing from property law experts Karen Hunt and Rachel Oliphant.
Commercial leases in Scotland are not currently heavily regulated by law and are interpreted in different ways.
The Scottish Law Commission has been consulting on whether and how to reform the area of law, often described as flexible but also cumbersome and confusing.
So how can practioners best navigate current regulation and prepare for any future changes?
Join Karen Hunt and Rachel Oliphant from Pinsent Masons for an up-to-date brief on the latest law and practice in commercial leasing.
- Terminal dilapidations- drafting dilapidations clauses following recent cases on dilapidations
- Avoiding disputes over the apportionment of rent and service charge following the exercise of a break option
- The introduction of the Scottish version of the Model Commercial Lease
- LBTT and the requirement for three yearly review returns by tenants
- Ensuring your notices are valid in light of recent case law on notices to quit
- Scottish Law Commission’s discussion paper on termination of leases and the potential for reform
Karen Hunt, Legal Director, Pinsent Masons
Karen Hunt is a Legal Director in Pinsent Masons’ property team. She has over 20 years’ experience in acting for landlords of shopping centres and other multi-let investments. She has also negotiated leases for retailers and other occupiers so has seen the approach to leases from both sides of the table. Landlords she has acted for include McArthurGlen, Aviva and Legal and General.
Rachel Oliphant, Senior Practice Development Lawyer, Pinsent Masons
