SQE1 sample questions

Question 97

A solicitor is contacted by a man. The solicitor acted for him five years ago on the purchase of a new residential freehold house by way of a transfer.

The man states that he is experiencing difficulties with remortgaging the house because the lenders he has approached will not accept the potentially onerous provisions contained in the transfer for the maintenance of the estate within which it is situated (‘the Maintenance Provisions’).

The man claims that he has no recollection of having been previously advised by the solicitor about the Maintenance Provisions.

The solicitor checks the man’s archived file.

Which document should contain the advice to the man on the Maintenance Provisions?

A. Transfer.

B. Client care letter.

C. Report on title.

D. Solicitor’s firm’s standard terms and conditions.

E. Certificate of title.


C - Report on title.

Candidates who answered correctly: 43%


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