Commercial Leasing - Annotated Precedents

Leading commercial lawyers open their files to help you

This book is essential for: general practitioners who occasionally draft, advise, and negotiate commercial leases, as well as junior and intermediate lawyers whose practice includes commercial leasing.

Current to: September 1, 2014

Winner of the ACLEA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Publications, this collection of annotated commercial leases helps you draft documents that reflect current law and practice.

• Get a thorough understanding of the clauses you use every day and know exactly why each is there.
• Improve your negotiating position by understanding both landlord and tenant points of view.
• Know what's critical to include—and what you can afford to give up in negotiation.
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Highlights of the 2014 update:

All leases and notes are current to September 1, 2014. Some of the changes to the lease provisions and notes include:

• the Offer to Lease (Chapter 1) has been revised to clarify the significance of a separate Non-Disturbance Agreement
• the Shopping Centre Leases (Chapter 2) have been revised to include reference to e-commerce sales as they relate to gross revenues, and additional notes to a tenant about negotiating notice periods when relocation is contemplated
• the Office Lease (Chapter 3) has been augmented with further notes regarding negotiating points for the tenant regarding issues like notice to enter the premises for inspection expanded and “green lease” provisions, as well as a discussion of the significance of Delane Industry Co. Ltd. v. PCI Properties Corp., 2014 BCCA 285, regarding a landlord’s election to distrain
• the Assignment of Lease (Chapter 8) includes a short discussion note regarding privity of contract between the various parties
• the Registration of Lease (Chapter 9) has been updated to reflect mandatory electronic filing procedures
• the Tenant Option Rights (Chapter 10) provisions have been revised to reflect current closing and electronic registration practices
• the Environmental Provisions (Chapter 12) content has been updated to reflect the ever expanding nature of environmental damages and liabilities
• the Registration of Leases (Chapter 20) content has been revised to reflect mandatory electronic registration practices

Several chapters reflect the change of reverting to the dual tax system, and the practice shifts to pre-authorized payment plans rather than post-dated cheques for payment and notice delivery by electronic means.

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CLEBC Legal Editor

Morag MacLean
mmaclean@cle.bc.ca

• Offer to Lease
• Shopping Centre Leases
• Office Lease
• Multi-Tenant Industrial Lease
• Pro-Tenant, Stand Alone Commercial Lease
• Ground Lease
• First Nations Lease
• Assignment of Lease
• Surrender and Lease Modification Agreements
• Option to Lease
• Special Provisions
• Environmental Provisions
• Operating Cost Provisions
• GST and Commercial Leasing
• Arbitration and Mediation
• Extension and Renewal Provisions
• Lease Financing
• Lease Default Remedies and Lease Notices
• Guarantees and Indemnities
• Registration of Leases

Case Table
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Features

• document-size precedents drafted, annotated, and reviewed by leading BC lawyers
• comprehensive explanatory notes
• regular updates
• comprehensive case table, statute table, and references
• online access to electronic version with hyperlinks to primary law

Editorial Board
Catherine Gibson — Davis LLP, Vancouver
Patrick J. Julian — Koffman Kalef LLP, Vancouver
Allison M. MacInnis — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
Scott D. Smythe — McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Vancouver

Contributing Authors
Sarah Batut — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
Edna S.C. Cheung — Goluboff & Mazzei, West Vancouver
Susan G. Connaghan — Pushor Mitchell LLP, Kelowna
Beverly G. Ellingson — Terra Law Corporation, Vancouver
Gayle G. Hunter — Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver
R. Brock Johnston — Clark Wilson LLP, Vancouver
Sarah W. Jones — Clark Wilson LLP, Vancouver
Allison M. MacInnis — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
Jeffrey Merrick — Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver
Deborah H. Overholt — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
James D. Piers — James Piers Law, North Vancouver
Scott D. Smythe — McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Vancouver
Erin Tait — Koffman Kalef LLP, Vancouver
Sharon E. White, QC — Richards Buell Sutton LLP, Vancouver
Dennis Yee — Davis LLP, Vancouver
Paul L.Y. Yeung — PMY Tenure Law, Vancouver