Editorial standards

Our guides help people make decisions about leases and legal practice. They have to be right, so this is how we make them.

Primary sources first

Every guide is checked against primary sources, such as legislation, the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s rules and fee schedules, HMRC, the Information Commissioner’s Office and the Law Commission. They are listed at the end of each guide. Where a figure depends on your circumstances, such as an insurance premium, we say so rather than quote a number we can’t stand behind.

Review by a solicitor

Guides that explain the law to clients, for example how a break clause works, are reviewed before publication by an independent solicitor regulated by the SRA. Their name, SRA number and the date of their review appear at the top of the guide. We don’t publish a client guide without that review.

How guides are written

We use software tools, including AI, to help research and draft. Nothing is published until a person has checked it against the sources, and, for client guides, until a solicitor has reviewed it.

Keeping guides up to date

Each guide shows when it was last updated. We re-check fee figures when the SRA’s practising year changes each November, and re-check anything affected by a change in the law, such as the ban on upward-only rent reviews or reform of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, as soon as it happens.

Independence

Instrukt is not a law firm and our guides are not legal advice. We make money by introducing clients to independent solicitors and, for solicitors, from our practice software. Guides for solicitors mention that software at the end, clearly as ours. We don’t accept payment to include or rank anyone in a guide. See how we work and how we’re paid.

Corrections

If you think something is wrong or out of date, email hello@instrukt.co.uk. We will check it against the source and, if we got it wrong, correct it and update the date.