LSB Conveyancing & Notarial Practice study plan

Distinguish legal estates from equitable interests and classify five example rights correctly under the 1925 property legislation framework

Explain how the 1925 property legislation reduced legal estates to two and legal interests to five, and state the practical consequence for a purchaser

Trace the priority rules for registered and unregistered land and apply them to three short fact patterns

Draft a one-page checklist of the title investigation steps for unregistered land, including root of title and chain length

Set up a spaced-repetition deck covering core land law definitions and add at least 40 cards

Identify the classes of overriding interests and explain when they bind a purchaser without registration

Work through the mechanics of first registration and describe the triggers that make it compulsory

Draft a specimen contract for sale of a freehold registered title, including the standard conditions you would incorporate

Sequence the pre-contract steps from instruction to exchange and note the client care information required at each stage

Complete at least 30 practice questions on title investigation and contract formation and log every error with a correction note

Explain offer, acceptance, consideration and intention to create legal relations as applied to land sale contracts, including the role of exchange

Distinguish the effect of exchange from completion and state the consequences of a delay between them

Compile the full list of searches and enquiries a purchaser should raise, and state what each search reveals

Interpret a sample local land charge search result and identify which entries require follow-up

Draft the enquiries you would raise on a property affected by a proposed road scheme and a conservation area designation

Explain how a mortgage or charge is created, protected and discharged in registered and unregistered conveyancing

Summarise the typical lender requirements a conveyancer must satisfy before completion, including reporting on title and undertaking to remit

Produce a completion checklist covering funds flow, execution, apportionments and keys

List the post-completion steps in order, with deadlines, for a registered disposition involving a new charge

Draft the covering letter to the Land Registry accompanying an application to register a transfer and charge

Compare freehold, leasehold and commonhold ownership and state the conveyancing implications of each

Analyse a lease for a flat and identify defects in the title, including short lease term, missing consents and unclear service charge provisions

Explain the landlord and tenant rules that affect a purchaser, including assignment, consent, forfeiture and notice requirements

Describe the management information a buyer needs from a landlord or managing agent and the consequences of incomplete replies

Produce a leasehold enquiry pack tailored to a flat with a shared freehold and a managing agent

Explain the notary's role in authentication and certification, including the difference between attesting a signature and certifying a copy

Describe the protest process for a dishonoured bill of exchange and the notarial acts it generates

State the anti-money-laundering steps required at client onboarding, including identification, verification, source of funds and record retention

Apply professional conduct duties to three scenarios involving conflicts of interest, undertakings and client money

Draft a client care letter that satisfies the information and costs disclosure requirements you have studied

Map the remedies available for breach of contract and misrepresentation in a conveyancing transaction to the facts that trigger them

Explain the standard remedies for defective title and for failure to complete on time

Identify the circumstances in which a conveyancer may face a negligence claim and the defences available

Revisit the estates and interests rules and self-test until you can classify ten example rights without reference

Answer four past-paper style essay questions under timed conditions and mark them against a self-written rubric

Sit two full-length timed mock exams under exam conditions and record your score per domain

Rework every question answered incorrectly across the whole plan and confirm each correction in writing

Condense each domain into a single page of trigger facts and rules for final revision

Recite the post-completion deadlines and the overriding interests list from memory without notes

Build a final-week revision timetable allocating remaining hours by weakest domain score