GSL Conveyancing & Drafting study plan

Distinguish legal and equitable estates and interests from memory, and state which are registrable, overreachable or vulnerable on a disposition.

Explain fee simple absolute in possession and term of years absolute, and classify three examples of each lesser interest correctly.

Trace the unregistered title deduction chain: root of title, epitome, abstract, and identify what a 15-year root must show.

Compare first registration triggers with the classes of registered title (absolute, qualified, possessory, good leasehold) and predict the risk each class carries.

Apply the three investigation-of-title principles (good root, chain continuity, no undisclosed incumbrance) to a short fact pattern.

Produce a title investigation checklist covering registers, title plan, charges, notices, restrictions and adopted roads.

Identify when a seller must disclose latent defects and when caveat emptor applies, using at least three concrete examples.

Draft offer, acceptance and subject-to-contract language that avoids a binding contract before exchange.

Map each Standard Conditions of Sale clause type (deposit, completion date, risk, apportionments, notice to complete) to its practical effect.

Explain how special conditions displace standard conditions and draft one clause that validly does so.

Assemble a pre-contract search pack: local land charges, CON29 enquiries, drainage, environmental, chancel repair, coal and commons registration.

Interpret a local search result and flag which replies require further enquiry, indemnity policy or a special condition.

Draft the enquiries-before-contract list for a leasehold flat, covering service charge, building safety and management company arrears.

Distinguish searches that protect a buyer from those that protect a lender, and state the consequence of a missing search.

Explain planning, building regulations and conservation area implications for a buyer's intended use.

Draft the full contract particulars and conditions for a freehold registered-title sale, including parties, property, title guarantee, deposit and completion.

Choose between full and limited title guarantee and justify the choice in writing.

Draft a transfer deed (TR1-equivalent) with correct execution, witnesses and land registry references.

Draft an express easement of way and a restrictive covenant that runs at law and in equity, and test each against the rules for annexation and touch-and-concern.

Identify when a planning obligation, overage or ransom clause belongs in special conditions and draft one such clause.

Explain how a legal charge is created, protected and enforced, and list the lender's standard conveyancing instructions.

Draft the mortgage-related provisions of a contract and transfer, including redemption of existing charges and undertakings to discharge.

Distinguish joint tenancy from tenancy in common and state the words needed in a transfer to sever.

Apply overreaching to a purchase from two trustees and identify when a restriction (Form A or otherwise) blocks registration.

Draft a Form A restriction and a trust declaration clause suitable for a transfer to co-owners.

Compare leasehold and freehold due diligence and list the additional leasehold enquiries and documents required.

Analyse a lease for term, rent review, alienation, repair, insurance, forfeiture and user covenants, and rate each risk.

Explain the statutory leasehold protections a buyer relies on: notice of assignment, service charge consultation, right to manage and lease extension.

Distinguish assignment, underletting and novation, and identify when landlord consent or registration is required.

Draft a licence to assign and a deed of covenant for a leasehold transfer.

Build a completion checklist covering funds, apportionments, execution, keys, undertakings and same-day formalities.

Calculate completion statements with apportionments and identify the effect of late completion and notice to complete.

Sequence post-completion steps: SDLT return and payment deadline, land registry application, notice of assignment to landlord, and discharge of charges.

Identify remedies for default and misrepresentation, including rescission, damages and the limits of caveat emptor.

Apply professional conduct duties to conflicts of interest, undertakings, client money and reporting suspicious activity.

Rehearse weak domains with timed mixed-topic questions and log every error by cause.

Redraft the two weakest documents from earlier weeks to exam standard without notes.

Summarise the deadlines, forms and registers that recur across domains into a single recall sheet.

Complete two full timed mock papers and review each answer against the mark scheme.