Tenants' Pre-Emption Rights A Landlord's Guide to the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987

As local authorities encourage inner city re-development, the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 which introduced the idea of pre-emption rights will apply to an increasing number of properties. In a single source of reference, Tenants Pre-Emption Rights provides comprehensive and concise advice on how landlords and freehold purchasers can mitigate some of the difficulties associated with the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987. It provides solutions to some practical problems allowing landlords and property managers to plan sales, acquisitions and developments in the light of this knowledge. In particular, the book examines the wealth of cases that have shaped the law since it came into force and highlights the specific problems associated with mixed use buildings - for example a flat above a shop. Written by specialists from the property litigation department at Denton Hall, the book also includes invaluable checklists and precedents. An essential reference for all property lawyers, residential property managers and surveyors. Tenants Pre-emption Rights: A Landlord's Guide to the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 answers such questions as: Which premises are affected by the Act? What is a building? Which tenants have the rights? What are the general requirements of Section 5? What are the practical points on service of notices? What action needs to be taken on tenants' response to section 5 notices? What are the consequences for the purchaser of the vendors failure to comply with the act? How can arrangements be made to ensure that disposals fall outside the act? Tenants' Pre-emption Rights contains a practical guide to the workings of the Act and includes: invaluable checklists, precedents and practical examples throughout a step-by-step guide to assessing whether or not a proposed transaction is caught by the Act guidance on how to avoid falling within the ambit of the Act detailed advice to a potential purchaser to ensure that his purchase is not snatched from him because of the vendor's failure to comply with the Act a chapter devoted to common questions, with answers a glossary of terms used in the Act diagrams and flow charts setting out the timing of the various procedures under the Act solutions to practical problems allowing landlords and property managers to plan sales, acquisitions and developmentsRubin, Barry A. is the author of 'Tenants' Pre-Emption Rights A Landlord's Guide to the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987', published 1999 under ISBN 9780853085539 and ISBN 0853085536.