Lease Covenants, Remedies and Security of Tenure
Old and new lease covenant liability, debt, forfeiture, CRAR, guarantors, self-help, termination and Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 renewal.
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
Distinguish covenant liability and transmission for leases granted before and from 1 January 1996.
Exam cue: Identify lease date, covenant, liable party, breach, notice and remedy.
Concept 2
Select debt, forfeiture, CRAR, guarantee, rent deposit, specific performance, damages or Jervis v Harris self-help by breach and precondition.
Exam cue: Check security-of-tenure status before advising on termination or renewal.
Concept 3
Apply termination by expiry, surrender or merger and separate contractual from statutory termination.
Concept 4
Analyse Part II of the 1954 Act, contracting out, notices, renewal, opposition grounds, new terms and compensation.
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Using forfeiture without checking waiver, notice and relief issues.
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 business tenant has 1954 Act protection.
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
Lease Covenants, Remedies and Security of Tenure: scope
Old and new lease covenant liability, debt, forfeiture, CRAR, guarantors, self-help, termination and Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 renewal.
Lease Covenants, Remedies and Security of Tenure: focus 1
Distinguish covenant liability and transmission for leases granted before and from 1 January 1996.
Lease Covenants, Remedies and Security of Tenure: focus 2
Select debt, forfeiture, CRAR, guarantee, rent deposit, specific performance, damages or Jervis v Harris self-help by breach and precondition.
Lease Covenants, Remedies and Security of Tenure: focus 3
Apply termination by expiry, surrender or merger and separate contractual from statutory termination.
Lease Covenants, Remedies and Security of Tenure: focus 4
Analyse Part II of the 1954 Act, contracting out, notices, renewal, opposition grounds, new terms and compensation.
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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