SQE1 sample questions

Question 95

Three years ago, a landlord granted a 15 year lease of commercial premises to a tenant. The lease contains a forfeiture clause and a covenant by the tenant not to alter the premises without the landlord’s prior written consent.

The landlord discovers that the tenant has, without consent, bricked up one of the windows of the premises and constructed a new window opening in another wall. The landlord wishes to forfeit the lease at the earliest opportunity and has served a notice under s.146 of the Law of Property Act 1925 on the tenant.

Which of the following best explains the earliest opportunity the landlord has for forfeiting the lease and recovering possession of the premises?

A. Immediately after obtaining from the court an order for possession.

B. Immediately after obtaining leave from the court to issue proceedings for possession.

C. Immediately after the tenant has failed to remedy the breach within a reasonable period by peaceably re-entering the premises.

D. Immediately after the tenant has failed to remedy the breach within a reasonable period and obtaining from the court an order for possession.

E. Immediately by peaceably re-entering the premises.


C - Immediately after the tenant has failed to remedy the breach within a reasonable period by peaceably re-entering the premises.

Candidates who answered correctly: 48%


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