Managing your lease and working well with local authority landlords

Leading UK property advice charity, the Ethical Property Foundation is delighted to offer this free online property webinar for voluntary organisations.

This informative webinar is for all trustees, staff and volunteers currently renting charity premises from their local council. It is an excellent CPD opportunity for local council property department staff.

With lawyers from leading charity law firm Birketts LLP - Louisa Saunders (Legal Director, Charity Property) and Claire Jones (Partner, Public Sector) - this is a fantastic opportunity to learn the basics of managing your lease and avoid misunderstandings and disputes.

This session will help you to:

• Understand how to work with a local authority landlord.
• Understand what a lease is and how it differs from licences and tenancies-at-will.
• Understand legal jargon and typical lease obligations for both landlord and tenant.
• Understand common documents in negotiating a lease: what are heads of terms?
• Understand key clauses in your lease: including notice periods and break clauses.
• Work with your solicitor – understand costs and key questions to ask.
• Understand key principles to follow when reviewing / terminating your lease.
• Avoid misunderstandings, achieve good communication and save money.
• De-escalate disputes if they arise.