,Questions
1. How many legal estates can exist under s.1(1) LPA 1925?
A) One
B) Two — fee simple absolute in possession and term of years absolute
C) Three
D) Unlimited
2. Which of the following is a legal interest under s.1(2) LPA 1925?
A) An easement, if created by deed
B) A restrictive covenant always
C) A beneficial interest under a trust
D) An estate contract
3. Interests not listed under s.1(1)/(2) LPA 1925 take effect:
A) As legal interests automatically
B) In equity only
C) As void interests
D) As criminal offences
4. A registrable disposition under s.27 LRA 2002 requires:
A) Registration to take legal effect
B) No formality at all
C) Only a handshake agreement
D) Court approval in every case
5. Which of these is a registrable disposition under s.27 LRA 2002?
A) A legal charge (mortgage)
B) A short lease of 5 years
C) An equitable easement
D) A restrictive covenant only
6. Interests protected by a notice on the register include:
A) Restrictive covenants and estate contracts
B) All overriding interests automatically
C) Only registered charges
D) Only freehold estates
7. A restriction on the register typically protects:
A) A beneficial interest under a trust of land
B) A legal easement
C) A registered freehold estate
D) A short lease
8. Overriding interests under Schedule 3 LRA 2002 bind a purchaser:
A) Even though not on the register
B) Only if registered
C) Never, under any circumstances
D) Only for commercial property
9. Short legal leases not exceeding how many years are overriding under Schedule 3 para 1?
A) 7 years
B) 21 years
, C) 99 years
D) 1 year
10. Schedule 3 para 2 LRA 2002 protects interests of persons in:
A) Actual occupation, subject to discoverability/knowledge requirements
B) Any prior occupation, regardless of timing
C) No protection is available under para 2
D) Only registered occupation
11. Williams & Glyn's Bank v Boland concerned:
A) A wife's equitable interest combined with actual occupation binding the bank
B) A dispute over an easement
C) A frustrated lease
D) A criminal damage claim
12. Thompson v Foy emphasises that actual occupation must exist:
A) At the time of the disposition, not just at some earlier point
B) At any point in the property's history
C) Only before the property was purchased
D) Only after completion
13. Link Lending v Bustard held actual occupation could be established despite:
A) The claimant being in a care home, given continuing physical presence/intention to return
B) The claimant never having lived there
C) The claimant being deceased
D) The claimant being a company
14. For an interest to be overriding under Schedule 3 para 2, occupation must be:
A) Obvious on reasonable inspection, or actually known to the disponee
B) Registered formally
C) Continuous for at least 20 years
D) Irrelevant to the analysis
15. Which of the following would most likely defeat a claim to an overriding interest under para 2?
A) The occupation was not reasonably discoverable and was unknown to the purchaser
B) The occupier lived there for many years
C) The occupier had a strong equitable claim
D) The property was expensive
16. A legal easement arising by prescription is overriding under:
A) Schedule 3 para 3, subject to certain limitations for post-2003 interests
B) Schedule 3 para 1 only
C) Never overriding
D) Only if registered as a notice
17. A legal mortgage of registered land is created by:
A) A registered charge under s.23 LRA 2002
B) A long lease exclusively
C) Oral agreement
D) A handwritten IOU
18. Which of the following interests generally requires completion by registration to bind as a legal
interest?
A) A transfer of the freehold
1. How many legal estates can exist under s.1(1) LPA 1925?
A) One
B) Two — fee simple absolute in possession and term of years absolute
C) Three
D) Unlimited
2. Which of the following is a legal interest under s.1(2) LPA 1925?
A) An easement, if created by deed
B) A restrictive covenant always
C) A beneficial interest under a trust
D) An estate contract
3. Interests not listed under s.1(1)/(2) LPA 1925 take effect:
A) As legal interests automatically
B) In equity only
C) As void interests
D) As criminal offences
4. A registrable disposition under s.27 LRA 2002 requires:
A) Registration to take legal effect
B) No formality at all
C) Only a handshake agreement
D) Court approval in every case
5. Which of these is a registrable disposition under s.27 LRA 2002?
A) A legal charge (mortgage)
B) A short lease of 5 years
C) An equitable easement
D) A restrictive covenant only
6. Interests protected by a notice on the register include:
A) Restrictive covenants and estate contracts
B) All overriding interests automatically
C) Only registered charges
D) Only freehold estates
7. A restriction on the register typically protects:
A) A beneficial interest under a trust of land
B) A legal easement
C) A registered freehold estate
D) A short lease
8. Overriding interests under Schedule 3 LRA 2002 bind a purchaser:
A) Even though not on the register
B) Only if registered
C) Never, under any circumstances
D) Only for commercial property
9. Short legal leases not exceeding how many years are overriding under Schedule 3 para 1?
A) 7 years
B) 21 years
, C) 99 years
D) 1 year
10. Schedule 3 para 2 LRA 2002 protects interests of persons in:
A) Actual occupation, subject to discoverability/knowledge requirements
B) Any prior occupation, regardless of timing
C) No protection is available under para 2
D) Only registered occupation
11. Williams & Glyn's Bank v Boland concerned:
A) A wife's equitable interest combined with actual occupation binding the bank
B) A dispute over an easement
C) A frustrated lease
D) A criminal damage claim
12. Thompson v Foy emphasises that actual occupation must exist:
A) At the time of the disposition, not just at some earlier point
B) At any point in the property's history
C) Only before the property was purchased
D) Only after completion
13. Link Lending v Bustard held actual occupation could be established despite:
A) The claimant being in a care home, given continuing physical presence/intention to return
B) The claimant never having lived there
C) The claimant being deceased
D) The claimant being a company
14. For an interest to be overriding under Schedule 3 para 2, occupation must be:
A) Obvious on reasonable inspection, or actually known to the disponee
B) Registered formally
C) Continuous for at least 20 years
D) Irrelevant to the analysis
15. Which of the following would most likely defeat a claim to an overriding interest under para 2?
A) The occupation was not reasonably discoverable and was unknown to the purchaser
B) The occupier lived there for many years
C) The occupier had a strong equitable claim
D) The property was expensive
16. A legal easement arising by prescription is overriding under:
A) Schedule 3 para 3, subject to certain limitations for post-2003 interests
B) Schedule 3 para 1 only
C) Never overriding
D) Only if registered as a notice
17. A legal mortgage of registered land is created by:
A) A registered charge under s.23 LRA 2002
B) A long lease exclusively
C) Oral agreement
D) A handwritten IOU
18. Which of the following interests generally requires completion by registration to bind as a legal
interest?
A) A transfer of the freehold
