A One-Day Briefing

Understanding Property
- The Next Steps

A briefing for all who have already mastered the basics

A natural follow-on from the Henry Stewart ‘Introduction to Property’ course and preparation for the entire range of Henry Stewart’s well-focused specialist property briefings

Chair
Derek Bruce, Principal Lecturer, School of Surveying, Kingston University and Practising Chartered Surveyor

Speakers
Nigel Dubben, Principal Lecturer and Post Graduate Course Director, School of Surveying, Kingston University; Author, Property Partnerships
David Haines, Associate, Charles Russell LLP, Solicitors
Christopher Heather, Barrister, Tanfield Chambers
Mike Pain, Director, Jones Lang LaSalle
Professor Sarah Sayce, Head of School of Surveying, Kingston University
Joint Author, Building Sustainability in the Balance; Joint Author, Property and Construction Economics; Joint Author, Real Estate Appraisal

Legal Notices
• Service of notices
• Timing
• Common law notices
• Statutory notices in relation to
- business tenancies
- residential tenancies

Rent Reviews
• Reviewing the lease
• Timing processes
• Valuation considerations
• Negotiations
• Settlement including dispute resolution options

Valuing different types of property
• Leisure premises
• Hotels
• Specialised properties
• Shopping centres
• Petrol filling stations
• Development sites

Lease Renewals (Business Tenancies)
• Legislative framework
• Contracting out
• Renewal procedures
• Grounds for opposition
• Interim rent
• Terms of the renewal tenancy

Auctions
• Statutory requirements
• Advantages and disadvantages
• Cataloguing
• Misdescriptions
• Process and procedures
• Failure to complete
• RICS guidance note

Property Investment Funding
• Sources of funding
• Debt v equity
• Risk assessment
• Traditional funding methods
• Alternative funding methods
• Sale and leaseback transactions

Conveyancing
• Registered and unregistered land
• Registration processes
• Registered rights and easements
• Drafting of commercial leases
• E-conveyancing and Commonhold

The Court service and its relevance to property
• Structure of the courts
• Civil justice system reforms
• Impact of Human Rights Act on arbitration
• Some implications of Criminal Justice Act 2003

Rating
• The hereditament
• Rateable occupation
• Exemptions and reliefs
• Calculating rates bills
• Appeals

Planning
• The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 – changes to policy and development control
• New central and regional planning guidance
• The mechanics of making a planning application
• Practical examples of good and bad development planning

Land Ownership and Boundaries
• Adverse possession
• Boundary disputes
• Land covenants
• Prescription
- rights of light