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CILEx Level 6 Unit 10 Landlord and Tenant Law - £540

This is a course set at the equivalent to honours-degree level and will give you an in-depth knowledge of the law relating to leasing property in England and Wales.

Who is the course for?

The course is for:

• Associate Members of CILEx using this course as one of their three Level 6 law units to achieve Graduate Membership of CILEx
• any qualified legal practitioner or paralegal working in a domestic or commercial leasing department who has not studied landlord and tenant law at degree level.

What qualification will I get?

Success in the course will lead to the award of a CILEx  Level 6 Single Subject Certificate in Landlord and Tenant Law which is a standalone qualification but can also contribute to the CILEx Level 6 Professional Higher Diploma in Law and Practice.

What will I learn?

The course delivers the CILEx syllabus for this unit. Please click on the link to see the syllabus content expressed in terms of broad learning outcomes as well as the detailed knowledge, understanding and skills that are delivered by the course.  ITC publishes a course manual every year to deliver the CILEx syllabus and the table of contents (2011 edition) is reproduced below. You can also view sample pages from the course manual.

PART 1: THE GENERAL LAW
Chapter 1: The Relationship of Landlord and Tenant
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Basic concepts
1.2.1 The leasehold estate
1.2.2 Some definitions
1.2.3 The lease as a contract
1.3 Essential requirements for a lease
1.3.1 Fixed commencement date
1.3.2 Fixed maximum duration
1.3.3 Exclusive possession
1.4 Exclusive possession and the lease–licence distinction
1.4.1 Title of the agreement
1.4.2 Can exclusive possession be restricted?
1.4.2.1 Residential tenancies
1.4.2.2 Board and services
1.4.2.3 Exceptional circumstances: exclusive possession but no lease
1.4.2.4 Sharing of accommodation
1.5 Summary
Chapter 2: The Formal Requirements for the Creation of a Lease
2.1 Introduction
2.2 The types of tenancy
2.2.1 Fixed-term tenancy
2.2.2 Periodic tenancy
2.2.3 Tenancy at will
2.2.4 Tenancy at sufferance
2.2.5 Tenancy by estoppel
2.2.6 Perpetually renewable leases
2.2.7 Reversionary leases
2.2.8 Leases for life or lives, etc.
2.3 Formal requirements
2.3.1 Tenancy at will and the legal periodic tenancy
2.3.2 Equitable leases
2.3.3 The conflict between law and equity
2.3.4 Differences between a legal lease and an equitable lease
2.4 Summary
Chapter 3: Covenants of a Lease 1: Express Covenants and Changes to the Parties
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Types of covenants
3.2.1 Express and implied covenants distinguished
3.2.2 Absolute and qualified covenants
3.3 Specific qualified covenants
3.3.1 Qualified covenants against alterations and improvements
3.3.1.1 The common law position
3.3.1.2 Statutory intervention
3.3.2 Alienation
3.3.2.1 The common law position
3.3.2.2 The statutory position
3.3.2.3 What is an “unreasonable” landlord?
3.3.2.4 Impact of the Equality Act 2010
3.3.2.5 Reform
3.4 Enforceability of covenants following alienation of a lease
3.4.1 Enforcement before the Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995
3.4.1.1 Privity of contract (landlord and tenant)
3.4.1.2 Privity of estate
3.4.1.3 Indemnity
3.4.1.4 Liability of sub-tenants
3.4.2 Enforcement after the Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995
3.4.2.1 Which covenants are transmitted on assignment?
3.4.2.2 Tenant’s release on assignment
3.4.2.3 Landlord’s release on assignment
3.4.2.4 Authorised guarantee agreements
3.5 Summary
Chapter 4: Covenants of a Lease 2: Implied Covenants
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Implied common law covenants of the tenant
4.2.1 Tenant’s covenant to pay rent
4.2.1.1 Obligation to pay rent
4.2.1.2 Rent review clauses
4.2.2 The tenant’s covenant to treat the premises in a “tenant-like” manner
4.2.3 The tenant’s covenant to hand the premises back in no worse a state
4.3 Implied common law covenants of the landlord
4.3.1 Landlord’s covenant for quiet enjoyment
4.3.2 Landlord’s covenant for non-derogation from grant
4.3.3 Landlords obligations to repair and as to the state of the premises
4.3.3.1 The common law position
4.3.3.2 Statutory obligations
4.4 Summary
Chapter 5: Landlord, Tenant and Third Parties
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Criminal liability for illegal eviction or unlawful harassment: the Protection from Eviction Act 1977
5.2.1 The residential occupier
5.2.2 The offences
5.2.3 Examples of harassment
5.2.4 Defences to harassment under s1(3)
5.2.5 Penalties
5.3 Civil liability for illegal eviction and harassment
5.3.1 A claim for breach of contract
5.3.2 Tortious liability
5.3.2.1 Occupiers’ liability
5.3.2.2 Private nuisance
5.3.3 Statutory liability: the Housing Act 1988
5.3.4 Statutory liability: the Equality Act 2010
5.4 Other restrictions on regaining possession
5.4.1 Restrictions on re-entry without due process of law
5.4.2 Prohibition on eviction without due process of law
5.4.3 Exceptions
5.4.4 s6 Criminal Law Act 1977
5.4.5 Notice to quit: s5(1) Protection from Eviction Act 1977
5.5 Compliance with Part VI Landlord and Tenant Act 1987
5.6 Miscellaneous forms of statutory protection
5.6.1 Provision of a rent book
5.6.1.1 Application
5.6.1.2 Prescribed information
5.6.1.3 Penalties for non-compliance
5.6.2 Information to be given to the tenant
5.6.2.1 Disclosure of landlord’s identity
5.6.2.2 Disclosure of directors of a corporate landlord
5.6.2.3 Duty to inform the tenant of an assignment of the landlord’s interest
5.6.3 Tenancy deposit schemes
5.6.4 Licensing of houses in multiple occupation
5.7 Summary
Chapter 6: Termination of Leases and Remedies for Breach of Lease Covenants
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Termination: expiry of a fixed term
6.3 Termination: notice to quit
6.3.1 Fixed-term tenancies
6.3.2 Periodic tenancies
6.4 Termination: forfeiture (re-entry)
6.4.1 Forfeiture for non-payment of rent
6.4.2 Forfeiture for other breaches
6.4.3 Waiver of right to forfeiture
6.5 Other forms of termination
6.5.1 Surrender and merger
6.5.2 Disclaimer
6.5.3 Enlargement
6.5.4 Frustration
6.5.5 Repudiatory breach
6.6 Remedies for non-payment of rent
6.6.1 Action for breach of contract
6.6.2 Distress
6.6.3 Commercial Rent Arrears Recovery (CRAR)
6.6.4 Forfeiture
6.7 Remedies for other breaches by the tenant
6.7.1 Damages
6.7.2 Forfeiture
6.7.3 Self-help
6.7.4 The Leasehold Property (Repairs) Act 1938
6.8 The tenant’s remedies for landlord’s failure to repair
6.8.1 Damages
6.8.2 Specific performance
6.8.3 Set off
6.8.4 Appointment of a receiver
6.8.5 Local authority obligations
6.8.6 A mandatory injunction
6.9 Summary
PART 2: RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES
Chapter 7: The Rent Act 1977
7.1 Introduction
7.2 The protected tenancy
7.2.1 Tenancy of a dwelling-house let as a separate dwelling: s1
7.2.2 Rateable value of the dwelling-house: s4 Rent Act 1977
7.2.3 Excluded categories
7.2.4 Miscellaneous exclusions – outside ss5–16
7.3 The statutory tenancy
7.3.1 Requirements for a statutory tenancy: s2(1)
7.3.2 Terms of the statutory tenancy: s3
7.3.3 Residence
7.4 Succession to a statutory tenancy
7.4.1 Allowed succession under the Act – Sch 1 (as amended)
7.5 Obtaining possession under the Rent Act 1977
7.5.1 Termination of the tenancy: grounds for possession
7.5.1.1 Discretionary and mandatory grounds for possession
7.5.1.2 Suspended orders for possession: the court’s discretion
7.5.2 The discretionary grounds for possession: alternative accommodation
7.5.3 Discretionary grounds for possession: s98 Rent Act 1977 grounds
7.5.4 The mandatory grounds for possession
7.6 Sub-tenancies
7.6.1 Security of sub-tenants from a regulated tenant: s137
7.6.2 Security of sub-tenants where the superior tenancy is not regulated
7.6.3 Notice of sub-letting
7.7 Criticisms of the Rent Act 1977
7.8 Summary
Chapter 8: The Housing Act 1988
8.1 Introduction
8.1.1 The transition from Rent Act 1977 to Housing Act 1988
8.2 The 1988 assured tenancy – basic principles
8.2.1 An assured tenancy – how do you create one?
8.2.2 The definition of an assured tenancy
8.2.3 Rent and rateable value limits
8.2.4 Exemptions
8.2.5 Succession to an assured tenancy
8.2.6 Rules relating to statutory periodic tenancies
8.2.7 Other miscellaneous matters
8.3 The assured shorthold tenancy – Gareth’s favourite
8.3.1 The two species of AST: pre-28 February 1997 and post-28 February 1997
8.3.1.1 An AST granted pre-28 February 1997
8.3.1.2 An AST granted on or after 28 February 1997
8.3.2 Exceptions
8.3.3 Termination by the landlord
8.3.4 Termination by the tenant
8.4 Obtaining possession
8.4.1 Possession under the Housing Act 1988: basic principles
8.4.1.1 Notice requirements: s8 Housing Act 1988
8.4.1.2 The court’s discretion on possession
8.4.1.3 The mandatory grounds: outright order for possession
8.4.2 Possession under the Housing Act 1988: the discretionary grounds (grounds 9–17)
8.4.3 Possession under the Housing Act 1988: the mandatory grounds (grounds 1–8)
8.5 Human rights and claims for possession under the Housing Act 1988
8.6 Rent provisions
8.6.1 Assured tenancies: the types of tenancy
8.6.2 Rent increase procedure: ss13 and 14 Housing Act 1988
8.6.2.1 Determination of the rent by the Rent Assessment Committee: the market rent
8.6.3 The assured shorthold tenancy
8.7 Criticisms of assured tenancies and assured shorthold tenancies
8.8 Criticisms of the statutory scheme
8.9 Summary
Chapter 9: Long Residential Tenancies and Tenants of Blocks of Flats
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Tenant’s right to enfranchise or extend the lease of a house
9.2.1 So, what’s a house?
9.2.2 How long is a long tenancy (or a piece of string)?
9.2.3 Time
9.2.4 Other tests for lease extensions: rateable value and low rent
9.2.5 Procedure
9.2.6 Price for enfranchisement
9.2.7 And costs . . .
9.2.8 Extending the lease
9.2.9 Costs of extending the lease
9.2.10 Just a minute – the landlord’s last stand
9.2.11 Excluded leases – remember
9.2.12 Tenant’s right to enfranchise after lease extension
9.2.13 Tenant’s personal representatives’ right to enfranchise or extend
9.3 Tenants’ rights to collective enfranchisement of a flat or maisonette
9.3.1 Requirements
9.3.2 Procedure
9.3.3 The price – what’s the damage?
9.3.4 Completion
9.4 Tenant’s right to extend the lease of a flat or maisonette
9.4.1 Procedure – we’re hot to trot
9.4.2 The terms
9.4.3 The damage
9.5 Security of tenure on expiry of a long lease
9.5.1 How do I know if I qualify?
9.5.2 What happens next?
9.5.3 The grounds of opposition
9.5.4 Proposal of a new tenancy
9.5.5 Tenant’s notice to terminate
9.6 Right to manage
9.6.1 Requirements for the right to manage – does Chamberlain House qualify?
9.6.2 What next?
9.6.3 Acquisition of the right to manage
9.6.4 Exercise of the right to manage
9.6.5 Termination of the right to manage
9.7 Tenants’ rights under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987
9.7.1 Part I Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 – tenant’s right of pre-emption or first refusal
9.7.1.1 The terms used
9.7.1.2 The offer notice: s5
9.7.1.3 The acceptance notice: s6 Landlord and Tenant Act 1987
9.7.2 Part II Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 – appointment of a manager
9.7.3 Part III Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 – compulsory acquisition by tenants of their landlord’s interest
9.7.4 Part IV Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 – variation of terms of long leases
9.8 Service charges
9.8.1 Definition of service charges: s18 Landlord and Tenant Act 1985
9.8.2 Reasonableness of service charges: s19 Landlord and Tenant Act 1985
9.8.3 Liability for service charges
9.8.4 Time limits: s20B Landlord and Tenant Act 1985
9.8.5 Insurance
9.8.6 Estimates and consultation: s20
9.8.7 Appointment of a surveyor
9.8.8 Management audit: ss76–84 Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993
9.9 Commonhold
9.9.1 Commonhold association
9.9.2 Commonhold community statement
9.9.3 Where commonhold arises
9.9.4 Termination
9.9.5 Amendments and additions to a commonhold
9.9.6 Settlement of disputes
9.10 Notification of ground rent
9.11 Summary
PART 3: BUSINESS TENANCIES
Chapter 10: Introduction to Business Tenancies: Basic Requirements
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Definition of a business tenancy
10.2.1 Requirements for a tenancy
10.2.2 Occupation by the tenant
10.2.3 Definition of a business
10.2.4 Exclusions
10.3 Operation of security of tenure provisions
10.4 Termination of the lease and s24: the continuation tenancy
10.4.1 Acceleration of continuation tenancy
10.4.2 Tenant’s notice to quit: s27(2)
10.4.3 Tenant’s surrender: s24(2)(b)
10.4.4 Forfeiture: s24(2)
10.4.5 Cessation of business tenancy
10.5 Termination or renewal of the continuation tenancy
10.5.1 The landlord’s s25 notice
10.5.2 The tenant’s s26 request: requirements: s26(1)
10.5.3 The request: s26(2)
10.5.4 Effect of a valid tenant’s request: s26(6)
10.5.5 Application to court
10.5.6 Renewal by agreement: s28
10.5.7 Obtaining information for notices
10.6 Landlord’s grounds of opposition
10.6.1 Failure to repair: ground (a): s30(1)(a)
10.6.2 Rent arrears: ground (b): s30(1)(b)
10.6.3 Breach of other obligations: ground (c): s30(1)(c)
10.6.4 Alternative accommodation: ground (d): s30(1)(d)
10.6.5 Undesirable sub-letting: ground (e): s30(1)(e)
10.6.6 Intention to demolish or reconstruct: ground (f): s30(1)(f)
10.6.6.1 The meaning of demolition and reconstruction
10.6.6.2 Inclusion of new terms
10.6.7 Landlord’s intention to occupy: ground (g): s30(1)(g)
10.6.8 Miscellaneous matters
10.6.9 Termination
10.7 Terms of the new tenancy
10.7.1 The property: s32
10.7.2 Duration of the new tenancy: s33
10.7.2.1 Possible reasons for granting a short lease
10.7.2.2 Other considerations
10.7.3 Rent of the new tenancy: calculation: s34
10.7.3.1 Disregards
10.7.3.2 Rent review
10.7.4 Other terms of the new tenancy: s35
10.7.5 Effect of the court order
10.8 Miscellaneous matters: interim provisions
10.8.1 Interim continuation: s64(1)
10.8.2 Interim rent: application: s24A
10.9 Compensation for the tenant
10.9.1 Compensation on successful opposition: s37
10.9.2 Compensation for improvements
10.9.2.1 Limits to compensation: s2
10.9.2.2 Procedure for compensation: s3
10.9.3 Compensation when possession is obtained by misrepresentation: s37A
10.10 Summary
 

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