SQE1 · FLK1
What FLK1 covers
FLK1, Functioning Legal Knowledge 1, is one of the two papers that make up the SQE1. It tests seven subjects: the legal system itself, constitutional and administrative law, the core private law subjects of contract and tort, business law and practice, dispute resolution, and legal services. Every question is a single best answer scenario. It asks whether you can apply the law to a short set of facts, not whether you can recite a rule.
Ethics and professional conduct are tested throughout both FLK1 and FLK2, rather than as a subject confined to one paper.
FLK1 is not a separate product here. It is one half of the single SQE1 course, which teaches and tests FLK1 and FLK2 together in the same account.
The seven subjects 7 modules
Each subject below is taught, then tested with cited single best answer questions built to the same application pattern the examiners use.
Legal System of England and Wales
Civil and criminal court structure and appeal routes
160+ questionsConstitutional and Administrative Law
Parliamentary sovereignty and its limits
270+ questionsContract Law
Offer, acceptance, consideration and intention to create legal relations
300+ questionsTort Law
The duty of care and the three-stage Caparo test
240+ questionsBusiness Law and Practice
Company formation, constitution and share capital
380+ questionsDispute Resolution
The overriding objective and case management powers
380+ questionsLegal Services
The SRA Principles and their application to conduct scenarios
240+ questions
FLK1 and FLK2, taught as one course
Both papers, all thirteen subjects, one account. There is no FLK1-only plan and no FLK2-only plan, because almost nobody sits one paper in isolation. See what FLK2 covers, browseall thirteen modules, or readhow the course fits together.
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