External Documents
Service charge clauses - retail building (the City of London LS model clauses)
The document attached contains the City of London Law Society model service charge clauses for a retail building.
These service charge provisions, drafted by the City of London Law Society Land Law committee, are stated to be aimed at achieving a balanced draft inspired by and reflecting many elements of the RICS Code of Practice on Service Charges in Commercial Property.
Service charge clauses - office building (the City of London LS model clauses)
The document attached contains the City of London Law Society model service charge clauses for an office building.
These service charge provisions, drafted by the City of London Law Society Land Law committee, are stated to be aimed at achieving a balanced draft inspired by and reflecting many elements of the RICS Code of Practice on Service Charges in Commercial Property.
Section 106 agreement
From here, you can access the model section 106 agreement (second edition - June 2010), prepared by the Law Society's Planning and Environmental Law Committee, for use by all parties involved in the planning obligations process.
Click on: Model Planning Obligation
Access can also be obtained to guidance produced on the use of the model agreement in Circular 05/05: Planning Obligations.
Click on: Circular 05/05
The City of London Certificate of Title
From here, you can access the City of London Law Society Certificate of Title documents.
Just click on CLLS Certificate of Title documents to access the suite of CLLS certificate documents. These documents include:
- The City of London Certificate (6th edition) (2008 update) - This is the Certificate of Title (long form).
- The City of London Report (3rd edition) - This is the Report on Title (short form).
- Company Confirmation Letter Draft Certificate.
- Company Confirmation Letter Final Form Certificate.
- Company Questionnaire.
- Letter regarding final form certificate.
Commercial Property Standard Enquiries (version 2)
From here, you can access the BPF Commercial Property Standard Enquiries - CPSE version 2 (except for CPSE.5 - which is still in version 1), and also the relevant explanatory notes.
From June 2, 2010, the CPSEs are available as Version 3 enquiries, although no actual changes have been made to the content of the enquiries.
The CPSEs are maintained on the Practical Law Company website, and these links will connect through to that site. The CPSEs are subject to terms of use set out on each form. Use the following links to access Version 2:
CPSE.1 – (version 2.9) - general enquiries to be raised in connection with every commercial property transaction.
CPSE.2 – (version 2.2) - additional enquiries to be raised where the purchase is subject to tenancies.
CPSE.3 – (version 2.0) - additional enquiries to be raised where the transaction is the grant of a new lease.
CPSE.4 – (version 2.2) - additional enquiries to be raised where the transaction is the assignment of a lease.
CPSE.5 – (version 1.1) - additional enquiries to be raised where the transaction is an agreement for the surrender of a lease.
Rq-form - (version 2.11) - a short-cut form for raising BPF standard enquiries.
Form Scr - (version 2.0) - solicitor's completion requirements - intended for use after exchange of contracts.
Form Ster - (version 2.2) - solicitor's title and exchange requirements - intended for use at the outset of a transaction.
