Retail and Commercial Leasing Guide
Issues covered include: Heads of Agreement, Agreements for Lease, Special Conditions, Flexible Arrangements, Negotiating and Drafting, Conveyancing, landlords, tenants, buyers, sellers, financiers, Breaches, Damages and Compensation, practice and procedure.
Description
There are countless issues that can arise between a tenant and a landlord. Any of them can quickly spiral into chaotic quagmires and contentious disputes that your clients will expect you to fix efficiently and effectively. Ready yourself for the turmoil your clients will heave upon you by examining expert drafting strategies, the current state of play in WA’s property market, the interplay between leasing and conveyancing, and how to effectively manage disputes when they do arise.
Attend and earn 3 CPD points including:
1 point in Competency Area 1: Practice Management
1 point in Competency Area 2: Professional Skills
1 point in Competency Area 4: Substantive Law
This seminar was recorded in WA on 20 March 2019
Chair: Laurence Iffla, Partner, Iffla Wade; Leading Property & Real Estate Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2018
Competency Area 1: Practice Management
9.00am to 10.00am: Analysis of Key Market Trends in Retail and Commercial Leasing
- Key market trends in retail and commercial leasing
- Developments in the CBD
- The changing landscape various markets
- A look at the office market
Presented by Jim Tsagalis, Managing Director, Lease Equity Pty Ltd
Competency Area 2: Professional Skills
10.00am to 11.00am: Heads of Agreement, Agreements for Lease, Special Conditions and Flexible Arrangements: Negotiating and Drafting
- When heads of agreement are binding
- When to use an agreement to lease
- Negotiating for success
- Using special conditions to achieve flexible outcomes
- One view on drafting for the future
Presented by Mary Pringle, Partner, Clayton Utz; Leading Property & Real Estate Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2018; Best Lawyers 2019, Leasing Law & Real Property Law
11.00am to 11.15am Morning Tea
11.15am to 12.15pm: The Intersection of Leasing and Conveyancing: Practical Tips for Complex Challenges
- The Primewest case and the risks in failing to register a lease
- The ramifications for landlords, tenants, buyers, sellers and financiers when a property transaction involves a retail or commercial lease
- Failing to register and the impact on the enforceability of the lease from both the landlord and the tenant perspective
- Bank guarantees and security bonds: When should you deal with them?
- Additional issues to consider and what you need to advise landlords or tenants in these situations
Presented by Jolene Ashworth, Legal Practitioner Director, Philipoff Legal