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SQE1 is the first major gateway to qualification as a solicitor. It’s high-stakes, intensely competitive, and entirely dependent on your ability to retain and apply vast legal knowledge under pressure.
The SRA sets the same assessment bar for every candidate — but there is a massive gap between those who prepare strategically and those who drown in unfocused revision.
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What Makes SQE1 So Challenging
• Huge volume of content across FLK1 & FLK2
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Practice Questions From SQE1 Exam Prep
Topic (FLK1): Business Law & Practice
Q1. A solicitor acts for a partnership intending to incorporate as a private company limited by shares. The partners are concerned about their liability for debts incurred before incorporation. Which statement best describes their position?
A. Partners remain liable for pre-incorporation debts
B. The company automatically assumes liability
C. Liability is extinguished upon incorporation
D. Only directors become liable for debts
E. Creditors must waive their claims
Correct Answer: A Explanation: Pre-incorporation contracts cannot bind the company since it did not exist when they were made (s.51 Companies Act 2006). The partners remain personally liable unless a novation occurs post-incorporation transferring liability to the company.
Topic (FLK1): Dispute Resolution
Q2. A claimant issues a claim in the County Court for £18,000 alleging breach of contract. The defendant files a fully reasoned defence. Allocation is now required. The parties dispute which track is appropriate given the amount claimed and complexity of issues. What is the correct legal position regarding track allocation?
A. The claim must be allocated to the small claims track
B. The claim must be allocated to the fast track
C. The claim must be allocated to the multi-track
D. The court may allocate to fast or multi-track
E. The court must allocate based on claimant’s chosen track
Correct Answer: D Explanation: Under CPR Part 26, track allocation depends on financial value and case complexity. A claim between £10,000 and £25,000 usually falls in the fast track unless complexity makes multi-track more appropriate. Here, £18,000 is within fast track, but the court retains discretion. Therefore, the correct position is allocation may be to fast or multi-track.
Topic (FLK1): Contract Law
Q3. A university student buys a laptop described as 'brand new'. The laptop is second-hand. The student sues the seller under the Consumer Rights Act 2015. Which statement best explains the student’s remedy?
A. The student may reject because goods are not as described
B. The student must accept repair instead of rejection
C. The student cannot reject because description is not a term
D. The student may reject only after repair attempt fails
E. The student must prove seller’s knowledge of misdescription
Correct Answer: A Explanation: Under CRA 2015 s.11 and s.20, goods must match description; if they do not, the consumer has a short-term right to reject within 30 days regardless of fault or seller knowledge.
Topic (FLK1): Tort
Q4. A driver negligently mounts the pavement and injures a pedestrian. The pedestrian suffers broken bones and loss of earnings from missed work. The driver admits fault. The pedestrian seeks compensation. Which of the following best describes the legal position?
A. The driver owes no duty of care
B. The pedestrian must prove contributory negligence
C. The driver can exclude liability by notice
D. The pedestrian can only recover medical costs
E. The driver is liable in negligence
Correct Answer: E Explanation: The driver is liable in negligence for personal injury caused by careless driving, under Caparo v Dickman and established road-user duties. Damages include pain, suffering, and loss of earnings. Contributory negligence would only apply if the pedestrian was partly at fault, which is not stated.
Topic (FLK1): Legal System of England & Wales
Q5. A defendant appeals a County Court decision on a point of law. The appeal lies to a higher court under the English civil hierarchy. Which of the following best explains where this appeal will ordinarily be heard?
A. Appeal lies to the Crown Court
B. Appeal lies to the High Court
C. Appeal lies directly to the Supreme Court
D. Appeal lies to the House of Lords
E. Appeal lies to the European Court of Human Rights
Correct Answer: B Explanation: Appeals from the County Court on points of law typically go to the High Court, unless directed otherwise by the CPR (Part 52). This ensures appellate oversight by a higher-tier court within the domestic system.
Topic (FLK1): Constitutional & Administrative Law / EU
Q6. A minister relied on a broadly-worded Henry VIII power to create regulations criminalising minor paperwork failures without consultation. A business prosecuted under the regulations seeks judicial review. Which statement best explains the likely outcome?
A. Ultra vires use of delegated power; regulation quashed.
B. Valid use of enabling power; conviction stands.
C. Legitimate expectation breached; damages awarded.
D. Political question doctrine; claim non-justiciable.
E. Proportionality review inapplicable to regulations.
Correct Answer: A Explanation: Delegated legislation must remain within scope of the enabling Act. Creating criminal liability without clear parliamentary authorisation is ultra vires (A-G v Fulham Corporation; R v Home Secretary ex p Simms). Such Henry VIII clauses are strictly construed. The regulation would likely be quashed.
Topic (FLK1): Legal Services
Q7. A junior solicitor discovers a senior partner is withholding a document to mislead the court. Unsure how to proceed, the junior considers silence. Which of the following best states the junior’s duty under professional conduct rules?
A. Duty to uphold justice in court
B. Duty to protect partner’s confidentiality
C. Duty to protect firm’s commercial interests
D. Duty to avoid reputational damage
E. Duty to stay silent absent proof
Correct Answer: A Explanation: SRA Principle 1 requires solicitors to uphold the rule of law. Concealment of documents is dishonesty. The junior must act to prevent misleading the court, including escalating internally (Bolton v Law Society [1994] 1 WLR 512).
Topic (FLK2): Property Law & Practice
Q8. In 2010, A and B bought a registered house in A’s sole name with equal deposits. During 2012–2022, B paid most mortgage instalments and funded significant renovations; A covered council tax and insurance. No express declaration of trust exists. They separated in 2023. A claims all equity; B seeks a share. Which statement best explains allocation?
A. Proprietary estoppel automatically creates equal shares.
B. Resulting trust strictly by initial contributions.
C. Equity follows legal title exclusively.
D. Constructive trust inferred from conduct and intentions.
E. Overreaching defeats any beneficial interests.
Correct Answer: D Explanation: In domestic cohabitation, courts prefer a common intention constructive trust where intention can be inferred from whole-course conduct, including contributions and arrangements (Stack v Dowden [2007] UKHL 17; Jones v Kernott [2011] UKSC 53). B’s extensive mortgage and renovation payments support an inferred or imputed shared intention, allowing the court to declare fair shares reflecting that intention.
Topic (FLK2): Wills & Administration of Estate
Q9. A solicitor drafts a will appointing herself sole executor and leaving herself £10,000. The client was elderly and unrepresented but appeared content. After death, relatives allege undue influence. Which statement best describes the solicitor’s professional obligations in this context?
A. Avoid conflicts when drafting wills for personal gain
B. Benefiting solicitors are always permitted
C. No duty arises if the client consented
D. Executorship creates no ethical concerns
E. Professional duties do not apply in probate
Correct Answer: A Explanation: Under SRA Principles and Code of Conduct, solicitors must avoid conflicts of interest and must not draft wills granting themselves benefit without ensuring independent advice. Such scenarios raise presumption of undue influence (Re Dawson). Professional obligations are strict.
Topic (FLK2): Solicitor Accounts
Q10. A solicitor receives £2,000 from a client to cover both future legal fees and unpaid disbursements to counsel. The solicitor has not yet issued a bill for their fees. Which of the following best describes how the solicitor must initially treat this £2,000 under the SRA Accounts Rules?
A. All money placed in the office account
B. Client fees transferred immediately to office account
C. All money treated as client money in client account
D. Counsel’s fees retained in office account until paid
E. Mixed payments deposited into a suspense account
Correct Answer: C Explanation: Until a bill is issued, advance payments for fees and unpaid disbursements remain client money (SRA Accounts Rules 2.1–2.2). The solicitor must pay the full £2,000 into the client account. Only after delivering a bill may funds be transferred to the office account. See SRA v Sharma [2010].
Topic (FLK2): Land Law
Q11. A purchaser acquires unregistered land from a seller who has only equitable title. They fail to register the conveyance, and a subsequent bona fide purchaser acquires the legal estate for value. Which statement best explains who has priority?
A. Equitable interest binds all purchasers
B. Legal estate prevails over equity
C. First in time always prevails
D. Registration determines priority
E. Equity’s darling takes free of equity
Correct Answer: D Explanation: In unregistered land, the doctrine of the bona fide purchaser of a legal estate for value without notice (equity’s darling) takes free of prior equitable interests. This reflects the principle in Pilcher v Rawlins. The subsequent legal purchaser prevails.
Topic (FLK2): Trusts Law
Q12. A solicitor drafts a trust of land but fails to comply with section 53(1)(b) Law of Property Act 1925. The client loses the intended benefit and complains. Which remedy is most likely available against the solicitor?
A. Negligence claim against solicitor
B. Resulting trust arises automatically
C. Oral declaration is valid
D. Statutory relief prevents liability
E. No remedy available
Correct Answer: A Explanation: Failure to satisfy statutory writing formalities invalidates the trust. The solicitor may be liable in negligence for breach of professional duty: Midland Bank v Hett Stubbs & Kemp [1979]. This also engages SRA Principles on competence.
Topic (FLK2): Criminal Law & Practice
Q13. D struck V repeatedly with fists during a drunken brawl in a nightclub. V sustained broken ribs but survived. CCTV showed D laughing afterwards. Which OAPA offence is most appropriate?
A. GBH reckless under s.20
B. ABH under s.47
C. Battery under s.39
D. GBH with intent s.18
E. No offence: drunkenness defence
Correct Answer: A Explanation: s.20 OAPA covers unlawful infliction of GBH with recklessness. Broken ribs qualify as serious harm, and reckless striking in a brawl suffices for liability.
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