5. Title, Contract, Searches and Enquiries
Deducing and investigating registered title, title guarantees, contract drafting, protocol package, standard and specialist searches and enquiries.
How to study the CPQ Foundation stage
Prepare each separately assessed component on its own terms, then connect law, regulation, client service and research across the full stage.
Core concepts
Concept 1
The seller deduces title while the buyer investigates register entries, plan, burdens, rights and overriding interests.
Exam cue: Compare official copies, plan, contract and protocol replies.
Concept 2
The sale contract incorporates agreed terms, title guarantee, deposit and relevant standard and special conditions.
Exam cue: Raise a focused requisition for each unresolved title issue.
Concept 3
Searches and enquiries reveal planning, highways, drainage, environmental, occupancy and property-specific risk.
Exam cue: Choose searches for location, client, lender and property characteristics.
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Accepting a register without reviewing charges or restrictions.
Guardrail: Do not mix module boundaries, confuse marks with item counts, exceed professional authority or rely on an outdated or unverified legal source.
Using a generic contract without accurate special conditions.
Guardrail: Do not mix module boundaries, confuse marks with item counts, exceed professional authority or rely on an outdated or unverified legal source.
Treating searches as a substitute for physical inspection.
Guardrail: Do not mix module boundaries, confuse marks with item counts, exceed professional authority or rely on an outdated or unverified legal source.
Memory anchors
Title review
Owner, property, rights, burdens, restrictions and plan.
Contract package
Draft contract, official copies, protocol forms and supporting documents.
Search logic
Standard set plus location, lender and fact-specific additions.
Checkpoint rule
Do the check-up only after you can summarize each concept in one sentence and identify one dangerous pitfall from memory.
Knowledge Check (after reading)
Short check-up to confirm understanding of this module.
Check-up Questions
What should a seller's contract package ordinarily include for registered title?
Why should official copies be checked for recency?
Answer all questions to submit.
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Move forward only after this module is stable.
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