CILEx Level 3 Unit 04 Land Law
CILEx Level 3 Unit 04 Land Law - £295
This course will deliver detailed knowledge and skills to give you a good understanding of Land Law, or the law or property, and its application. This web page covers the content of this course - information on how our supported distance learning courses are delivered is given on the page titled 'Courses for CILEx Level 3 law and practice units'. The fee is £295 if purchased as a single unit, but discounts are available if purchased as part of a bundle of units as indicated under the heading 'Application' at the bottom of the page. CILEx Level 3 units were known as ILEX Level 3 units until recently. CILEx stands for the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives. It was known as the Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX) until the award of a Royal Charter in January 2012.
Who is the course for?
This course is relevant:
- if you are working towards an CILEx qualification as indicated in the section below.
- if you are an unqualified paralegal or filehandler in a conveyancing or property department this is an ideal training course
- if you are a member of the public, or if you work in property-related matters, and you wish to gain a good working knowledge of how title to land is acquired and transferred, and the rights and restrictions that can attach to the ownership of property.
We also offer CILEx Level 3 Unit 10 Conveyancing and the more advanced CILEx Level 6 Unit 9 Land Law and CILEx Level 6 Unit 17 Conveyancing.
What qualification will I get?
This course does not amount to a qualification on its own, although success in the unit does contribute seven credits to your learning record. The unit can be used to contribute to the CILEx Level 3 Certificate in Law and Practice (Conveyancing) or the CILEx Level 3 Professional Diploma in Law and Practice which are both listed on the national database of accredited qualifications for England and Wales.
What is the detailed course content?
The Land Law course delivers the CILEx syllabus for this unit. Please click on the link to see the syllabus content expressed in terms of broad learning outcomes as well as the detailed knowledge, understanding and skills that are delivered by the course. ITC publishes a course manual every year to deliver the CILEx syllabus and the table of contents (2011 edition) is reproduced below. You can also view sample pages from the course manual.
Chapter 1: Land as “Property”
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Types of property
1.3 Transferring property rights
1.3.1 Sale “subject to contract” – an unenforceable agreement
1.3.2 Exchange of contracts – an enforceable agreement
1.3.3 Completion – transferring the property
1.4 Summary
Chapter 2: What am I Buying? (1) – The Land Itself
2.1 Introduction
2.2 The meaning of land
2.2.1 The common law
2.2.2 Statutory definition
2.3 Fixtures and fittings
2.3.1 Why is a Fittings and Contents Form necessary?
2.3.2 Distinguishing between fixtures and fittings
2.4 Limitations on the extent of land
2.4.1 Airspace
2.4.2 Underground
2.4.3 Surface
2.5 Incorporeal hereditaments
2.6 Summary
Chapter 3: What am I Buying? (2) – Estates and Interests in Land
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Legal estates
3.2.1 What is an “estate”?
3.2.2 Fee simple absolute in possession
3.2.3 Term of years absolute
3.3 Legal interests
3.3.1 Legal easements and profi ts
3.3.2 Legal rentcharge
3.3.3 Charge by way of legal mortgage
3.3.4 Certain charges arising under statute
3.3.5 Rights of entry in legal leases and legal rentcharges
3.4 Equitable interests
3.5 Distinguishing legal estates and interests from equitable interests
3.6 Commonhold
3.7 Summary
Chapter 4: What Formalities are Required? – Creation and Transfer of Legal Estates and Interests
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Introduction to registered and unregistered land
4.3 Sale subject to contract
4.4 Exchange of contracts
4.5 Completion
4.5.1 What is a deed?
4.6 Registered and unregistered land
4.7 Summary
Chapter 5: Owning Property with Someone Else (1) – Co-ownership
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Owning land with someone else
5.3 Co-ownership
5.3.1 Types of co-ownership
5.3.2 Severance of the benefi cial joint tenancy
5.4 Terminating co-ownership
5.5 Summary
Chapter 6: Owning Property with Someone Else (2) – Implied, Resulting and Constructive Trusts
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Implied trusts
6.3 Resulting trusts
6.4 Constructive trusts
6.5 Impact of Stack v Dowden [2007] on co-ownership
6.6 Resulting and constructive trusts and overreaching
6.7 Summary
Chapter 7: Owning Property with Someone Else (3) – Solving Disputes Between Co-owners
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Does a beneficiary have the right to occupy?
7.3 Consulting beneficiaries
7.4 How can disputes be settled between co-owners?
7.5 Summary
Chapter 8: Obtaining Rights over the Land of Another – Easements and Profi ts
8.1 Introduction
8.2 What is an easement?
8.2.1 Characteristics of an easement
8.2.2 There must be no exclusive possession
8.3 Legal and equitable easements and formalities
8.3.1 Legal easements
8.3.2 Equitable easements
8.4 Creation of easements
8.4.1 Grant of easements
8.4.2 Reservation
8.5 Profits à prendre
8.6 Terminating easements
8.7 Summary
Chapter 9: What Restrictions are there over the Use of Property? – Positive and Restrictive Covenants
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Positive and restrictive covenants
9.3 Covenantors and covenantees
9.4 Enforceability of covenants
9.4.1 The benefit at common law
9.4.2 The burden at common law
9.4.3 The benefit in equity
9.4.4 The burden in equity
9.4.5 Working through the law on enforceability of covenants
9.5 Discharge of restrictive covenants
9.6 Summary
Chapter 10: How Can a House Purchase be Financed? – Mortgages
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Types of mortgage
10.2.1 Repayment mortgage
10.2.2 Endowment mortgage
10.2.3 Pension mortgage
10.3 The creation of mortgages
10.3.1 Legal mortgages
10.3.2 Equitable mortgages
10.4 The mortgagor’s right to redeem the mortgage
10.5 Remedies of the mortgagee
10.5.1 Obtaining possession
10.5.2 Sale
10.5.3 An action in debt
10.5.4 Appointment of a receiver
10.5.5 Foreclosure
10.5.6 Liability of guarantors
10.6 Summary
Chapter 11: Protecting Interests and Binding Third Parties – Land Registration and Unregistered Land
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Basic principles
11.3 Registration of title
11.3.1 The system of registration of title
11.3.1.1 Advantages of the system over that of unregistered land
11.3.1.2 Underpinning principles of registration of title
11.3.2 Contents of the register
11.3.3 Classes of title
11.4 Types of interest in registered land
11.4.1 Registrable interests
11.4.2 Interests protected by entry on the register
11.4.2.1 Notice
11.4.2.2 Restriction
11.4.3 Interests which are overriding
11.4.4 Registered charge
11.5 Unregistered land
11.5.1 Legal rights
11.5.2 Equitable rights
11.5.2.1 Commercial rights
11.5.2.2 Residual rights
11.6 Protecting co-ownership interests
11.6.1 Unregistered land
11.6.2 Registered land
11.6.3 Protection for spouses
11.6.4 Protection for civil partners
11.7 Summary
Application
Download: CILEx courses application form 2011-12.pdf
Or apply on-line:
Apply for this course alone at £295
Apply for all courses leading to the CILEx Level 3 Certificate in Law and Practice at £1100
Apply for this course along with Unit 1 Introduction to Law and Practice and Unit 10 Conveyancing at £730