The Law Society Standard Business Leases

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InTouch gives your team one place to work with The Law Society Standard Business Lease forms alongside the matter record, lease documents and follow-up tasks. InTouch supports document templates, matter-linked files and e-signatures, helping commercial property teams keep lease work in one place.

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Standard Business Lease forms available in InTouch

LS1 – The Law Society Business Lease (Part of building)(Unregistered)

For drafting a business lease of part of a building where the title is unregistered.

LS1 – The Law Society Business Lease (Part of building)(Registered)

For drafting a business lease of part of a building where the title is registered.

LS3 – The Law Society's Short Form Model Commercial Lease (Office-Part)

For drafting a short-form model commercial lease for office premises forming part of a building. These short-form model commercial leases are suitable for relatively short office lets and are designed for leases of up to 10 years with one rent review.

LS2 – The Law Society Business Lease (Whole building)(Registered)

For drafting a business lease of the whole of a building where the title is registered.

LS2 – The Law Society Business Lease (Whole building)(Unregistered)

For drafting a business lease of the whole of a building where the title is unregistered.

LS4 – The Law Society's Short Form Model Commercial Lease (Office-Whole)

For drafting a short-form model commercial lease for office premises comprising the whole building.

Why keep Standard Business Leases inside the matter?

Standard Business Lease forms are easier to manage when they sit within the matter rather than as separate Word files.

The Law Society expects firms to have a clear system for managing files, including digital files. For commercial property teams, that means keeping lease forms, drafts and supporting documents together on the matter. InTouch supports document generation, matter-linked storage and e-signatures with an audit trail.

With InTouch, your team can:

  • open the right lease form against the right matter

  • use property, landlord, tenant and term details already held in the case

  • keep draft leases and supporting documents together

  • store signed copies on the matter

  • see what still needs review or follow-up

  • avoid duplicate files, version issues and unnecessary chasing

What are Standard Business Leases?

The Law Society business leases forms are used to draw up leases for business premises.

They include:

  • short-form model commercial leases for office premises

  • forms for part of a building and whole of a building

  • registered and unregistered versions of LS1 and LS2

For office premises, the short-form model commercial leases are designed for either the whole or part of a building and are suitable for leases of up to 10 years with one rent review.

FAQs

  • A business lease is a lease of premises used for business purposes. The Law Society business lease forms are used to draw up leases for business premises.

  • Yes. The terms are commonly used interchangeably for leases of business premises, and The Law Society includes short-form model commercial leases within its business lease forms range.

  • Yes. These forms sit within The Law Society’s property resources and are used for leases of business premises.

  • Yes. The Law Society provides forms for part of a building as well as the whole of a building.

  • Yes. LS1 and LS2 are available in registered and unregistered versions.

  • Yes. The short-form model commercial leases are designed for office/part and office/whole matters.

  • No. The short-form model commercial leases are intended for relatively short office lets and are suitable for leases of up to 10 years with one rent review.

  • Yes. Most business tenants automatically have the right to renew under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 unless the parties validly contract out before the lease is granted.

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