Overview
Our free Land Law notes cover everything you need to know for the Solicitors' Qualifying Exam (SQE). From estates and interests in land to easements and freehold covenants, we've got you covered. Whether you're in a classroom or taking the self-study route, these notes provide added peace of mind, knowing that you have everything you need to help consolidate and revise effectively for the SQE1 exam. Think something could be better? Give us a shout on our contact page, and we'll take a look.
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- Criminal Law and Practice
- Land Law
- Property Practice
- Solicitors Accounts
- Trusts
- Wills and the Administration of Estates
1. Introduction to Land Law
- Distinction between real property and personal property
- Rights in land
- Different ways in which land can be held
2. Acquisition and Transfer of Estates and Interests
- How to acquire and transfer legal and equitable estates
- How to acquire and dispose of legal and equitable interests in land
- Legal formalities required to create and transfer interests and estates in land
- The transfer contract
- The transfer deed (formalities for creation or transfer of a legal estate)
- Transfer of equitable rights
3. Co-Ownership
- Differences between joint tenants and tenants in common in law and equity
- Rule of survivorship
- Severance of joint tenancies
- Resolving disagreements between co-owners (sections 14 and 15 of Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996)
4. Registration of Title and Protection of Interests
- Registration of title to land
- The register and proof of ownership
- Estates that can be substantively registered
- Powers of a registered owner and registrable dispositions
- Methods to protect and enforce third-party interests
- How to protect interests
- The rules for priority of interests in registered land
- Dealing with minor interests on the register
- Interests that override registration
- Overreaching
5. Unregistered Land
6. Proprietary Rights in Land
- Essential characteristics of easements
- Methods for creation of easements
- Rules for passing the benefit and burden of freehold covenants
7. Mortgages
- Enforceability of mortgage terms
- Priority of mortgages
- Lender's powers and duties
- Protection of mortgagors and third parties with an interest in the land
8. Landlord and Tenant Law
- Relationship between landlord and tenant
- Essential characteristics of a lease, including difference between a lease and a licence
- Privity of contract and privity of estate
- Rules for passing the benefit and burden of leasehold covenants and enforceability
- Purpose and effect of an alienation covenant
- Remedies for breach of leasehold covenants (including forfeiture)
- Different ways a lease can be terminated