Updated Pre-Lease Enquiries precedent
18/03/2025 12:51:04The Law Society’s Conveyancing Committee has updated the specimen Pre-Lease Enquiries from 1991 which is now available for use by practitioners.
This precedent should prove invaluable to those practising in commercial lease transactions.
A comprehensive Explanatory Memorandum to accompany the new precedent has also been published to accompany the updated pre-lease enquiries. Both documents are available for download from the Precedents area of the website (solicitor login required) or see links below.
Precedent download
Solicitors are permitted to use precedent documents for their own internal purposes as part of their legal practice. Other than for the purposes of and subject to the conditions prescribed in the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000 (as amended), this document (or any part of it) may not be reproduced, published, stored, distributed or transmitted by any means, in any form, without the prior permission of the Law Society of Ireland.
Some of the developments and evolutions you will find in this revised precedent include:
- updates to Planning and Building Regulations Compliance,
- energy ratings and sustainability,
- environmental considerations,
- rates,
- the Land Development Agency Act 2021, and
- the Screening of Third Country Transactions Act 2023.
The Law Society’s Conveyancing Committee would like to acknowledge the tremendous work of the taskforce in finalising the document with a special thanks to former committee member Mark Barr.
