SRA Solicitors Qualifying Examination. SQE1 Functioning Legal Knowledge (FLK1 & FLK2) covering contract, tort, criminal, public, EU, business, dispute resolution, property, wills & trusts.

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Official 2024 syllabus extracted from https://sqe.sra.org.uk/about/sqe-assessment-topics

SQE1 - FLK1 (Functioning Legal Knowledge 1)

Starting a new business (sole trader, partnership, LLP, company)

Funding a business

Taxation (income tax, CGT, corporation tax, VAT, IHT)

Partnership law

Companies (formation, governance, decision-making, share capital, directors' duties)

Insolvency (corporate and personal)

Business Law and Practice

Resolving disputes outside court (ADR, mediation, arbitration)

Court procedures (issuing claim, statements of case, interim applications, disclosure)

Evidence

Trial and judgment

Costs

Enforcement of judgments

Dispute Resolution

Formation

Contents (terms, exemption clauses)

Vitiating factors

Discharge

Remedies for breach (damages, specific performance, injunctions)

Contract Law

Negligence (duty, breach, causation, damage)

Remoteness

Defences

Pure economic loss

Psychiatric harm

Occupiers liability

Product liability

Nuisance

Rylands v Fletcher

Tort Law

Courts and judiciary

Sources of law (statute, common law, EU)

Statutory interpretation

Precedent doctrine

Legal System of England and Wales

Parliamentary sovereignty

Rule of law

Separation of powers

Judicial review (grounds, remedies)

Human Rights Act 1998 / ECHR

Retained EU law post-Brexit

Constitutional & Administrative Law, EU Law

SRA Standards and Regulations

Solicitor regulation

Money laundering and proceeds of crime

Financial services regulation in legal practice

Legal Services

SRA Principles

SRA Code of Conduct for Solicitors

Conflicts of interest

Confidentiality and disclosure

Duty to court

Ethics and Professional Conduct (pervasive)

SQE1 - FLK2 (Functioning Legal Knowledge 2)

Freehold sale and purchase

Leasehold sale and purchase

Mortgages

Searches and enquiries

Pre-contract enquiries

Exchange and completion

Stamp Duty Land Tax

Land Registry registration

Property Practice

Valid wills (formalities, capacity, intention)

Intestacy rules

Inheritance Provision for Family and Dependants Act 1975

Grant of probate / letters of administration

Estate accounts

IHT calculation and reliefs

Distribution

Wills and Administration of Estates

SRA Accounts Rules

Client account vs office account

Receipts and payments

Interest on client money

Bills and disbursements

Breaches and reporting

Solicitors Accounts

Estates and interests in land

Co-ownership (joint tenancy, tenancy in common)

Leases and licences

Easements

Covenants

Registered vs unregistered land

Priorities

Land Law

Express trusts (formalities, certainties)

Resulting trusts

Constructive trusts

Trustees duties and powers

Beneficiaries rights

Breach of trust

Tracing

Trusts

Actus reus and mens rea

Homicide (murder, manslaughter)

Non-fatal offences against the person

Sexual offences

Theft, robbery, burglary, fraud

Criminal damage

General defences

Pre-charge procedure (police powers, PACE)

Magistrates and Crown Court procedure

Sentencing principles

Appeals

Criminal Law and Practice

Conflicts and confidentiality

Duty to client vs duty to court

Conduct in litigation

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