Leases and Licences
Exclusive possession, term, lease or licence, privity, covenant transmission, alienation, breach remedies and termination.
How to study for FLK2
Use closed-book rule anchors, realistic client facts, primary-classification ranges and an ethical decision check across every subject.
Core concepts
Concept 1
Apply exclusive possession, certain term and the parties' true arrangement to distinguish lease from licence.
Exam cue: Classify the estate before applying covenant or remedy rules.
Concept 2
Distinguish privity of contract and estate and their effect on landlord and tenant liability.
Exam cue: Identify original and current landlord, tenant, guarantor, covenant and lease date.
Concept 3
Apply old and new lease rules to transmission and enforceability of covenant benefit and burden.
Concept 4
Analyse alienation covenants, breach remedies including forfeiture and the different termination routes.
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Letting the document's licence label override exclusive possession.
Guardrail: Check the sitting-specific law cutoff, keep Solicitors Accounts in its official context and reject any answer that imports an FLK1 rule as the controlling subject.
Assuming every covenant binds every successor.
Guardrail: Check the sitting-specific law cutoff, keep Solicitors Accounts in its official context and reject any answer that imports an FLK1 rule as the controlling subject.
Memory anchors
Leases and Licences: scope
Exclusive possession, term, lease or licence, privity, covenant transmission, alienation, breach remedies and termination.
Leases and Licences: focus 1
Apply exclusive possession, certain term and the parties' true arrangement to distinguish lease from licence.
Leases and Licences: focus 2
Distinguish privity of contract and estate and their effect on landlord and tenant liability.
Leases and Licences: focus 3
Apply old and new lease rules to transmission and enforceability of covenant benefit and burden.
Leases and Licences: focus 4
Analyse alienation covenants, breach remedies including forfeiture and the different termination routes.
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
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Move forward only after this module is stable.
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