Alienation Covenants
Assignment, underletting, sharing, charging and other dealings, including consent conditions and documentation.
How to study the four current units
Prepare each 30-question unit on its own terms, combine rule recall with short workplace application and keep law and guidance current for England and Wales.
Core concepts
Concept 1
Identify which dealing is proposed and whether the lease prohibits it absolutely, permits it conditionally or is silent.
Exam cue: Classify the proposed transaction before reading the relevant covenant.
Concept 2
Assignment transfers the tenant's leasehold interest, while an underlease creates a subordinate landlord–tenant relationship.
Exam cue: Track applicant, decision-maker, evidence, conditions, document and post-completion steps.
Concept 3
Consent applications require the specified information, timing, grounds, conditions and record of the decision.
Concept 4
Authorised guarantee, direct covenant, registration and licence-to-assign requirements may shape completion and continuing liability.
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Using assignment and underletting as interchangeable terms.
Guardrail: Check the current qualification, jurisdiction, document and effective date before relying on a remembered rule.
Assuming consent can always be withheld simply because the lease requires it.
Guardrail: Check the current qualification, jurisdiction, document and effective date before relying on a remembered rule.
Memory anchors
Alienation Covenants: scope
Assignment, underletting, sharing, charging and other dealings, including consent conditions and documentation.
Alienation Covenants: focus 1
Identify which dealing is proposed and whether the lease prohibits it absolutely, permits it conditionally or is silent.
Alienation Covenants: focus 2
Assignment transfers the tenant's leasehold interest, while an underlease creates a subordinate landlord–tenant relationship.
Alienation Covenants: focus 3
Consent applications require the specified information, timing, grounds, conditions and record of the decision.
Alienation Covenants: focus 4
Authorised guarantee, direct covenant, registration and licence-to-assign requirements may shape completion and continuing liability.
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.
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