LK Notaries Final case studies
LK Notaries Final · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The LK Notaries Final (also written Notaris LK Eindtoets) is the closing assessment in the Dutch notarial training route: the final step for kandidaat-notarissen who have completed the practical and academic programme and now seek to qualify as a notaris. It is aimed at lawyers already working inside a notarial practice who can draft deeds, handle files and advise clients, and who now need to demonstrate that they can do so independently, ethically and with command of the underlying law. The LK Notaries Final case studies are 5 cases and about 2,615 words.
1The Widow, the Minors and the Mortgage
S., a 72-year-old widow in Kandy, asks you to attest a sale of 15 perches in Kundasale to a cash buyer for LKR 18 million. She produces a 1989 deed in her late husband's name, a 2015 death certificate, and an affidavit signed by two neighbours listing the heirs as herself and three children.
539 words, about 3 min2The Estranged Daughter and the False Recital
A., 68, instructs you to prepare his last will. He married his first wife under the general law; she died in 2000, leaving two children, R and D.
492 words, about 2 min3The Leasehold Mortgage Without Written Consent
Your client, Green Valley (Pvt) Ltd, wants to borrow LKR 50 million from a licensed commercial bank and mortgage a 20-year leasehold interest in a commercial building in Colombo. The lease was registered in 2019 and contains a clause: 'The lessee shall not assign, sublet or mortgage the within premises without the prior written consent of the lessor.' The lessor has told the director by telephone that he has 'no objection', but no written consent is produced.
552 words, about 3 min4The Cash Buyer, the Absent Aunt and the Offshore Company
On a Friday afternoon, a young man, N, walks into your notarial office with a draft sale deed for a tea estate in Badulla priced at LKR 120 million. He says he is a 'business consultant', aged 28, and that the purchaser will be his aunt, a 70-year-old retired teacher who is not present.
518 words, about 3 min5The Backdated Deed and the Caveat
On 2 March, a long-standing client, a land developer, asks you to attest a deed of sale of a 40-perch block for LKR 40 million and to date it 10 January. He explains that the buyer's bank delayed the funds and that a rival purchaser registered a caveat against the land on 15 February; the earlier date will 'put us ahead'.
514 words, about 3 min