Paper 1
Dealings with land
Contract, agency, leases, negligence, mortgages, trusts, co-ownership and planning. Official CEA title: Dealings with Interests in Land. Each numbered row is the official topic. Open the study notes first; practice is on the notes page.
Official topics
- 2.1Law of contractContract law supplies the machinery for every OTP, tenancy agreement and sale-and-purchase contract. The exam tests formation, the vitiating factors that make a contract voidable, and the remedies when things go wrong.Lesson42 QStudy
- 2.2Law of agencyEstate agency work is agency law in action. This section covers how agency arises, the fiduciary duties an agent owes, when commission is earned, and who is bound when an agent contracts.35 QStudy
- 2.3Landlord and tenant lawLandlord and tenant law governs every letting. The exam wants you to distinguish leases from licences, know how a tenancy is created and stamped, and apply the parties’ obligations to short scenarios.38 QStudy
- 2.4NegligenceNegligence is the tort that matters most to salespersons: saying or doing the wrong thing during a transaction can make the agent — and the agency — liable.10 QStudy
- 2.5Conveyance inter vivosHow interests in land change hands: the conveyancing sequence from option to completion, the future interests land law recognises, and the two forms of co-ownership — with their very different consequences on death.35 QStudy
- 2.6MortgageA mortgage is security for a loan, not a transfer of the borrower’s ownership. This section distinguishes legal from equitable mortgages and sets out each side’s rights on default.7 QStudy
- 2.7GiftThe smaller Paper 1 topics bundled together: how gifts are made, how trusts split legal and beneficial ownership, who inherits when there is no will — and who is even allowed to hold land in Singapore.15 QStudy
- 2.8TrustThe smaller Paper 1 topics bundled together: how gifts are made, how trusts split legal and beneficial ownership, who inherits when there is no will — and who is even allowed to hold land in Singapore.15 QStudy
- 2.9SuccessionThe smaller Paper 1 topics bundled together: how gifts are made, how trusts split legal and beneficial ownership, who inherits when there is no will — and who is even allowed to hold land in Singapore.15 QStudy
- 2.10Future interestsHow interests in land change hands: the conveyancing sequence from option to completion, the future interests land law recognises, and the two forms of co-ownership — with their very different consequences on death.35 QStudy
- 2.11Co-ownershipHow interests in land change hands: the conveyancing sequence from option to completion, the future interests land law recognises, and the two forms of co-ownership — with their very different consequences on death.35 QStudy
- 2.12Restrictions on capacity to hold landThe smaller Paper 1 topics bundled together: how gifts are made, how trusts split legal and beneficial ownership, who inherits when there is no will — and who is even allowed to hold land in Singapore.15 QStudy
- 2.13Planning and development of landSingapore plans its land intensely. This section covers the Planning Act and the Master Plan, when planning permission is needed, and how conservation and development charges shape what can be built.5 QStudy