SQE1 Property Practice – Rules, Exceptions & Key Distinctions Cheat Sheet

A comprehensive 50-page SQE1 Property Practice revision guide designed to help you understand, organise and quickly recall the rules, procedures and timelines 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 Property Practice in structured, colour-coded tables separating the general rule, exceptions, important limits, MCQ trigger words, legal effects and relevant deadlines.

Topics covered include:

• The structure of a freehold transaction
• Taking instructions and investigating title
• Registered and unregistered title
• Searches and enquiries
• Drafting and negotiating the contract
• Exchange of contracts
• Deposits and risk
• Pre-completion searches
• Transfer deeds and mortgage documentation
• Completion
• SDLT and LTT
• Land Registry applications
• Leasehold transactions
• Acting for lenders
• Planning matters
• Property taxation
• Professional conduct issues in conveyancing

The guide places particular emphasis on who does what, when each step takes place, which search or document is required and the deadline or legal consequence attached to it.

The resource is designed for use when consolidating Property Practice, 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.