12. Commercial Conveyancing

This chapter focuses on commercial conveyancing, which involves the granting and renewal of business (or commercial) leases as well as the buying and selling of properties that are let to business occupants. It first considers revenue matters then turns to the key commercial area that most conveyancers will encounter in practice, the review of the contents of a commercial lease. The final section is devoted to the particular requirements a practitioner must bear in mind when acting for a client who is selling or buying a tenanted property. It also considers the Standard Commercial Property Conditions (SCPC) being commercial specific standard contractual terms.