FE-1 Law of Property study plan

Map the full conveyancing transaction sequence from pre-contract disclosure through completion and post-completion registration, writing each step in your own words

Distinguish legal estates from equitable interests and classify at least fifteen interests as legal, equitable, or both

Define the statutory formalities for creating and transferring interests in land and state the consequence of each defect

Build a one-page glossary linking each conveyancing stage to the land law concept it depends on

Explain the effect of registration on priority of interests and identify which interests override a registered disposition

Compare the position of a purchaser of a registered title against a purchaser of an unregistered title in three worked scenarios

Apply the rules on co-ownership to a problem involving joint tenants and tenants in common, including severance

Draft a short answer explaining when a purchaser takes free of an occupier's interest

Analyse the vendor's duty of disclosure and the meaning of caveat emptor in a residential sale

Identify the protections available to a buyer before exchange and explain why exchange is the pivotal moment

Work through the remedies for breach of contract between exchange and completion

Practise issue-spotting on misdescription, latent defects, and restrictions on title

Consolidate conveyancing and land law by re-deriving the priority rules from memory without notes

Complete a closed-book quiz of at least forty items across both domains and log every error by cause

Explain easements, covenants, and mortgages as encumbrances affecting a purchaser, with one example each

Teach one land law concept aloud in under five minutes as if to a client

Distinguish leases from licences and apply the indicators of exclusive possession to two fact patterns

Classify tenancies by duration and explain the security-of-tenure consequences of each type

Outline the landlord's and tenant's core obligations, including repair, quiet enjoyment, and fitness standards

Explain the assignment and subletting rules and how privity of contract and privity of estate allocate liability

Trace the termination routes for a tenancy, including notice, forfeiture, surrender, and expiry, and state the notice periods for each

Apply the rules on deposit protection and possession procedure to a fictional arrears scenario

Explain how a leasehold interest passes on death and how it differs from a freehold in the estate

Identify which tenancy rights survive a transfer of the reversion

Explain the requirements for a valid will, including capacity, intention, and formalities, and the effect of each defect

Distinguish intestacy distribution rules by family circumstance and compute shares in three worked examples

Describe how property passes outside the will through joint tenancy, nomination, and donatio mortis causa

Explain the personal representatives' powers over land and the protection given to purchasers from an estate

Sit a full timed mock covering all four domains and record raw scores per domain

Re-answer every missed item and write the correct rule in one sentence for each

Rank your weakest three sub-topics and revise them with targeted drills

Build a one-page memory sheet of formalities, notice periods, and distribution rules for final revision