Revise SQE Criminal Practice 2025/26
SQE1 Revision Guide
Revise SQE Criminal Practice provides readers with the core legal principles and rules to be tested by the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE1) Functioning Legal Knowledge assessment. It covers the fundamental rules relating to criminal practice from the commission of the criminal offence, through to the investigation and charge of the offence, and the trial process. In particular, the text considers the law, procedure and processes involved in advising a client at the police station, pre-trial considerations and magistrates’ court and Crown Court trials, including sentencing and appeals. Readers will be able to test their knowledge throughout by the use of SQE-style multiple-choice questions, and with practical examples demonstrating the application of the law.
Please note that, unless otherwise expressly stated, the law covered in this book applies in both England and Wales.
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Book details
Print ISBN: 9781917183178
Ebook ISBN: 9781917183185
Book publication date: July 31, 2025
Ebook publication date: July 31, 2025
No of pages: 294
Mark Thomas
Mark Thomas is a practising barrister in criminal law. He has taught law for several years at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including the Legal Practice Course. He is also the editor of Revise SQE: Ethics and Professional Conduct and of the two Revise SQE FLK 1 and 2 Practice Assessment books, as well as the co-author of Revise SQE Criminal Law and Revise SQE: Criminal Practice. He acts as the MCQ Advisor and Reviewer across the complete Revise SQE series.

James J Ball
James J Ball is a lecturer in law at Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University. James teaches across both the undergraduate and postgraduate courses, including Criminal Litigation on the Legal Practice Course (LPC). He has a particular interest in both substantive and procedural criminal law, as well as the law of evidence. He also has considerable expertise in mooting and advocacy skills.

Contents
Advising clients, including vulnerable clients, about the procedure and processes at the police station
Bail applications
First hearings before the magistrates’ court
Plea before venue and allocation of business between magistrates’ court and Crown Court
Case management and pre-trial hearings
Principles and procedures to admit and exclude evidence
Trial procedure in magistrates’ court and Crown Court
Sentencing
Appeals procedure
Youth Court procedure
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