Family-home Trusts and Proprietary Estoppel
Common-intention constructive trusts under sole or joint title, declarations, contributions, assurance, reliance, detriment and remedy.
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
Start with legal title and any express declaration of beneficial ownership.
Exam cue: Build a chronology of title, discussion, contribution, reliance and detriment.
Concept 2
Apply common intention and detrimental reliance under sole-name and joint-name routes using direct and indirect evidence.
Exam cue: Separate constructive trust elements from proprietary-estoppel elements.
Concept 3
Distinguish acquisition of an interest from later quantification of shares.
Concept 4
Apply assurance, reasonable reliance, detriment and unconscionability to proprietary estoppel and select proportionate relief.
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Treating domestic contribution alone as proof of the required common intention.
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 estoppel always awards the full expected property.
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
Family-home Trusts and Proprietary Estoppel: scope
Common-intention constructive trusts under sole or joint title, declarations, contributions, assurance, reliance, detriment and remedy.
Family-home Trusts and Proprietary Estoppel: focus 1
Start with legal title and any express declaration of beneficial ownership.
Family-home Trusts and Proprietary Estoppel: focus 2
Apply common intention and detrimental reliance under sole-name and joint-name routes using direct and indirect evidence.
Family-home Trusts and Proprietary Estoppel: focus 3
Distinguish acquisition of an interest from later quantification of shares.
Family-home Trusts and Proprietary Estoppel: focus 4
Apply assurance, reasonable reliance, detriment and unconscionability to proprietary estoppel and select proportionate relief.
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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