SQE 1 Crash Course

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The SQE is all about ‘functioning legal knowledge’. There is no place on this course for intellectual, discursive essays about the origins of the legal system or about the merits of a particular legal principle, it is all about practical application. Accordingly, this course will not cover how to write essays, read academic articles, use the OSCOLA referencing system, etc. What we will be covering in this unit is how to study, how to answer legal problem questions, how to find legal resources, and how to prepare and cope with examinations. We feel that these are the practical issues that are most likely to benefit you.

 

With regard to the subject areas, the SQE covers the foundation subjects (or substantive subjects) normally covered in a law degree or Common Professional Examination and some of the vocational subjects normally covered in the LPC. The optional subjects or electives have been stripped out so that the exam just tests the basic legal knowledge that all newly qualified solicitors should have. There will be opportunities to go on and study extra areas of law once you have passed the SQE.

If you are completely new to law, you may be puzzling over what some of the SQE subjects cover. The following provides a brief outline, but if you wish to see the full subject specification, please open the following link: SRA | SQE1 Assessment Specification | Solicitors Regulation Authority

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What Will You Learn?

  • Master core legal subjects essential for the SQE1 exam.
  • Develop practical problem-solving skills for legal scenarios.
  • Gain confidence in handling legal research and case analysis.
  • Prepare for multiple-choice questions and assessment techniques.
  • Understand the professional responsibilities of a solicitor.

Course Content

Contract law
A contract is simply a legally enforceable agreement. This module covers how a contract is created, what a contract should contain, how contracts can be brought to an end, and remedies for breach of contract. With regard to the subject areas, the SQE covers the foundation subjects (or substantive subjects) normally covered in a law degree or Common Professional Examination and some of the vocational subjects normally covered in the LPC. The optional subjects or electives have been stripped out so that the exam just tests the basic legal knowledge that all newly qualified solicitors should have. There will be opportunities to go on and study extra areas of law once you have passed the SQE. If you are completely new to law, you may be puzzling over what some of the SQE subjects actually cover. The following provides a brief outline, but if you wish to see the full subject specification, please open the following link: SRA | SQE1 Assessment Specification | Solicitors Regulation Authority

  • Contract law
    01:59:00
  • Contract Law MCQ

Law of Torts
Tort relates to civil wrongs, such as negligence, defamation, product liability, occupiers’ liability, and the law of nuisance, together with their potential defenses. You will be looking at the duty of care involved, and how the damage must be directly linked to the tort. Also looking at the remedies available including damages and how they are calculated.

Dispute Resolution
How to analyse the merits of a claim, how to resolve a dispute via arbitration, mediation and litigation, how to start a claim including pre-action work, how to respond to a claim, how to take a case through the courts including issuing and serving the necessary paperwork, securing evidence, dealing with disclosure and trial preparation, how to file a defence or counterclaim, how to deal with the costs of dispute resolution, enforcement, and appeals.

Criminal law
This includes core principles, general defenses, and participation in a crime, as well as specific offences such as theft and assault. The practice side covers the law, procedure, and processes involved at the police station and during the court process including pre-trial, trial, sentencing and appeals.

English Legal System
This subject covers many topics, some of which would ordinarily have their own dedicated module on a traditional law degree. It covers how the legal system operates, the various courts, the judiciary and other legal professionals, and how law is made and interpreted.

Land law
This is also known as Property law. It covers the law in relation to tight and interests in and over land. This can include mortgages, leases, licenses, easements and covenants. It also covers leasehold and freehold,co- ownership, registered and unregistered land.

Property Practice
Freehold and leasehold land registered and unregistered land, the various procedural steps involved in conveyancing (both freehold and leasehold), property taxation.

Business law and practice
How to start various different forms of business (partnerships, sole trader, limited company etc.), how to ensure a business complies with the legal requirements (corporate governance), the various interests ofstakeholders, how to finance a business, how a business is taxed, insolvency and bankruptcy.

Law of Trusts
A trust is a legal way of describing a relationship where someone holds property for someone else’s benefit. This module looks at how trusts are created, the different types of trust, the relationship between trustee and beneficiary, trustees’ duties and responsibilities. It also looks at the concept of equity and equitable remedies. Equity is an old system of law that permitted judges to modify the application of harsh legal rules to provide a fair result. Equity has a limited place in today’s legal system, but its effect on law, particularly land law, is still felt today.

Wills and Administration of Estates
How to make a valid will, how to manage and distribute an estate (including an intestacy), appointment and duties of personal representatives, how trusts operate, inheritance tax.

Constitutional and Administrative Law and EU Law and Legal Services
Core institutions of the State and How they Interrelate, Legitimacy, Separation of Powers and the Rule of Law, Judicial Review, Human Rights Act 1998 and the European Convention on Human Rights and Legal services

Solicitors Accounts
How to handle client money, how to maintain ledgers and bank accounts, record-keeping, accountancy, abiding by the SRA Accounts Rules.

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