Chapter 18 Multiple choice questions

You act for Darren O'Hara who is about to complete on the acquisition of a new commercial head lease of a sports equipment shop in the centre of London. The term is for nine years with rent reviews every three years at a commencing annual rent of £100,000. Which of the following must you do after completion to perfect the title?

Give notice to the lessor of the grant of the new lease.

Complete an Inland Revenue particular delivered form.

Register the property with the Local Authority for future Local Land Charge Search applications.

Register the title at the land registry.

You act for Harold Gomes. He is the lessor of a leasehold block of multi-let offices in Plymouth. He normally grants office leases for 12 years with 3 yearly rent reviews. However, he now knows that all registered leases are public documents. He feels that the rents in the leases are commercially sensitive and wants to avoid disclosing the annual rents in future leases. What should your advice be?

To leave out any mention of rent in the deed.

To grant an oral tenancy with nothing in writing.

To grant a licence for 12 years and not a lease.

To apply to the Registry for an EID.

You act for Fredrick Cohen who is the lessee of a lease of a knitwear shop in the centre of Wolverhampton. The term is for nine years with rent reviews every three years at a current annual rent of £10,000. The second rent review is happening now. The lessor has served a notice. Under the lease terms the lessor has stated the rent to be reviewed should be £15,000 and that the lessee must respond within one month failing which the rent is deemed to be the amount in the notice. You were asked to deal with this review five weeks after the giving of the notice. Which of the following is the right advice?

Simply give a counter notice advising the lessor that the rent suggested is not acceptable and proceed to instruct surveyors to negotiate.

Ignore the time limit as the lease did not say that time was of the essence.

Advise the client he is out of time and must accept the rent proposed by the lessor.

Instruct your surveyor to enter into negotiations direct with the lessor.

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