ABSTRACT

Are there any significant differences between the creation and the operation of legal, as opposed to equitable leases?

The following areas should be covered: • ss 52 and 54 of the Law of Property Act 1925; • periodic tenancies; • s 2 of the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act

1989; • Walsh v Lonsdale; • registered and unregistered land; • leasehold covenants (pre-1996 leases only); • s 62 of the LPA 1925.