The governing document
Show the title, parties, date, clause and page. Check deeds, headleases or other instruments that may change the apparent answer.
Document-derived factTrust and verify
The source should be easier to check than the answer is to believe.
A confident paragraph is not enough. A useful answer makes the governing document, relevant law, uncertainty and professional boundary visible.
See the checking standardThe evidence standard
Three things that should never be blurred together.
The hierarchy matters. A recollection or operating habit cannot silently override the executed lease or current legislation.
Current authoritative law
Show the provision, jurisdiction, effective date and conditions. Link to the official source so the reader can check it.
Legal ruleEvidence and judgment
Separate reports, correspondence, events and user-supplied facts from what the lease and law establish.
Evidence, inference or recommendationNobody gets to 100%
Built around accuracy. Open to verification.
LEASE-iQ uses a structured checking approach. No AI or lawyer can promise 100% accuracy, so the original sources remain available for your own validation. Read how LEASE-iQ works.
- 01Document structure
Pages, clauses, definitions, parties and schedules stay connected.
- 02Current law
Open the applicable source and check its status at the date of the question.
- 03Alternative readings
Look for wording or missing evidence that could support a different interpretation. Keep unresolved points visible.
- 04Your verification
Match the check to the consequence. A clear pet clause may need a quick look at the conditions; money, major works or a dispute deserves closer inspection of the lease, law and facts.
Not automatic todayDeeds of variation
Supply and check any later deed that could change the signed lease.
Document setHeadlease and underlease
Related interests must be identified and checked together where they govern the issue.
Input qualityPoor scans
OCR can fail. The page image and extracted text still need to be compared.
Say what the sources support
Uncertainty is part of the answer.
LEASE-iQ should help the reader distinguish a supported conclusion from a plausible reading, a missing provision or a set of documents that cannot yet answer the question.
- Supported
- The reviewed sources directly support the proposition.
- Partly supported
- The core point is supported, but conditions or scope differ.
- Not found
- The reviewed sources do not contain the claimed provision.
- Ambiguous
- Two reasonable readings remain or important evidence is missing.
Professional boundary
Know when the groundwork stops and professional judgment begins.
LEASE-iQ can organise the source, explain the reasoning and expose the unresolved point. It should not hide the moment a solicitor, surveyor, accountant or other qualified professional needs to decide.
- 01The wording is ambiguous or the documents conflict.
- 02The matter is disputed, pre-action, in court or in a tribunal.
- 03A statutory deadline or limitation period may apply.
- 04The value, safety or regulatory consequence is material.
- 05Surveying, accounting, tax or another regulated expertise is needed.
- 06Someone needs a definitive professional opinion or intends to rely on it.
- 07The documents are incomplete and the missing material could change the answer.
What professional time can cost
£350 is a representative hourly rate, not an average.
£350 is shown here as a representative current hourly rate for experienced property or dispute work. Location, seniority, type of work and VAT can move the figure materially.
2026 HMCTS Grade A rates for London 3 to London 2. These guide summary assessment of court costs and are not a market price list.
Open the HMCTS rates ↗Dean Wilson lists commercial-property solicitors at £300 to £375, associates at £400, and dispute-resolution senior associates at £330 to £350, excluding VAT.
Open the firm’s rates ↗What the number means: it is a useful illustration of how quickly a lease question can become expensive. The actual rate and total cost depend on the firm, person, location and work required.
Before you use the answer
Four checks before it becomes a letter or decision.
LEASE-iQ lets you personally inspect the sources behind an answer. Use these checks before acting on a consequential answer.
- 01Open the clause
Check that the wording and page answer the question you actually asked.
- 02Check the parties and document set
Make sure the lease belongs to the right flat and that no deed, In plain EnglishA lease that sits above another lease and below the freehold or another superior interest.Open the plain-English glossary or later document changes the point.
- 03Open the current law
Check the jurisdiction, date, scope and conditions of any legislation or official guidance relied on.
- 04Escalate the exact open point
If the wording, facts or consequence remain material, give the solicitor or other professional the focused question and sources already found.
Take the next step in LEASE-iQ
Check the documents behind the answer.
Use this when the issue is unclear or several clauses may interact.
Copy questions for this issue
Keep checking: A well-structured question makes uncertainty easier to see. It does not turn incomplete sources into certainty.
Independent sources
