SQE1 Land Law – Rules, Exceptions & Key Distinctions Cheat Sheet

A comprehensive 31-page SQE1 Land Law revision guide designed to help you understand, organise and quickly recall the rules most likely to be tested in multiple-choice questions.

The resource is structured to follow the relevant SRA SQE1 Assessment Specification and Functioning Legal Knowledge (FLK) applicable.

The cheat sheet presents Land Law in structured, colour-coded tables separating the general rule, exceptions, important limits, MCQ trigger words, legal effects and relevant formalities.

Topics covered include:

• Legal and equitable estates and interests
• Fixtures and chattels
• Formalities for land transactions
• Co-ownership
• Joint tenancies and tenancies in common
• Severance
• Trusts of land and TLATA
• Easements and profits
• Freehold covenants
• Mortgages
• Leases and licences
• Assignment and enforcement of leasehold covenants
• Registered land
• Unregistered land
• Priority and enforceability against successors in title

The guide places particular emphasis on the distinctions that commonly decide SQE1 questions, including legal versus equitable rights, formalities, registration requirements and whether an interest binds a purchaser or successor.

The resource is designed for use when consolidating Land Law, preparing for mocks or completing final-stage revision before the SQE1 examination.

Please note: This is an independently prepared revision resource and is not affiliated with, approved by or endorsed by the SRA, Kaplan, any university, education provider or SQE training provider. It is intended as a supplementary study aid and should be used alongside the official SQE assessment specification and your main study materials.