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"the vast majority of buyers who will not be able to comprehend the minutiae of a detailed lease. "

Where does 'minutiae' begin?
The ground rent provision is usually easily apparent.
Is it really a solicitor's job to teach about the effects of compound interest and guess the future of market variations for freehold titles?
A solicitor is entitled to assume that a client is literate and numerate.
One is often dealing with a person who has his heart set on a specific property or development and would not take kindly to a solicitor raising issues that were not then of immediate concern in the market conditions of the time.