Standard documents

A full repairing and insuring (FRI) lease of a high street shop unit. Rent review is to open market rent. It is assumed that the landlord retains the structural parts and that upper storeys will be separately let. It is also assumed that there are no external areas (such as a service area). The tenant contributes to the costs of repair of the structural parts. It is assumed that the lease, when granted, will be a headlease. This standard document is not intended for use for a unit in a shopping centre. The prescribed clauses can be deleted if not required. See Standard clauses and drafting notes for clauses that can be used to adapt this document.

This standard document provides an outline for a statutory declaration to support an application to the Land Registry for registration of either unregistered land (based on 12 years' adverse possession under the Limitation Act 1980) or of registered land based on adverse possession accrued before 13 October 2003 (under transitional provisions of the Land Registration Act 2002). The statutory declaration sets out the information that must be included to comply with the requirements of the Land Registry, which are listed in sections 5 and 10 of the Land Registry's Practice Guide 5 - Adverse possession of unregistered land and transitional provisions for registered land in the Land Registration Act 2002. Since 10 November 2008, the Land Registry has also accepted a statement of truth to support an application for adverse possession, instead of a statutory declaration (see Form ST1 - Statement of truth in support of an application for registration based upon adverse possession).

This standard document is for use where a party agrees to release a restrictive covenant of which it has the benefit. There is no separate drafting note for this standard document but the web version of the document contains some integrated drafting notes, which draw attention to some of the most important issues.  The integrated drafting note, "About this document", which appears underneath the Contents sets out the drafting assumptions.  The standard document may be viewed with or without the integrated notes by using the options in the "Actions" box in the top right corner of the screen.  See Standard clauses and drafting notes for clauses that can be used to adapt this document.

A full repairing and insuring (FRI) lease of the whole of a commercial building. It is assumed that the lease, when granted, will be a headlease. The lease contains prescribed clauses, but these can be deleted if not required. See Standard clauses and drafting notes for clauses that can be used to adapt this document.

A full repairing and insuring (FRI) lease of a unit on an estate. It is assumed that the property which is let is the whole of a building. The tenant is responsible for the repair of the building, the landlord is responsible for the repair of the common parts. A service charge and rights over the common parts of the estate are included. It is assumed that the lease, when granted, will be a headlease. The lease contains prescribed clauses, which can be deleted if not required. See Standard clauses and drafting notes for clauses that can be used to adapt this document.

This standard document provides an outline for a statutory declaration to support an application for adverse possession of registered land under paragraph 1 of Schedule 6 to the Land Registration Act 2002. The statutory declaration sets out the information that must be included to comply with the requirements of the Land Registry, which are listed in section 4 of the Land Registry's Practice Guide 4 - Adverse possession of registered land under the new provisions of the Land Registration Act 2002. Since 10 November 2008, the Land Registry has also accepted a statement of truth to support an application for adverse possession, instead of a statutory declaration (see Form ST1-Statement of truth in support of an application for registration based upon adverse possession).