This SQE1 revision guide covers the requirements of the SRA SQE1 2026 specification for solicitors’ accounts, which will be examined within the FLK2 assessments in January and July 2027. Designed specifically to help you prepare for the SQE1 assessment, it provides a clear, concise and highly focused overview of the subject, and you will have the opportunity to test and improve both your subject knowledge and your ability to apply the Accounts Rules to problem scenarios

The book is clearly structured around the SRA specification and focuses only on the content you need to revise for the SQE1 assessment. It provides plenty of opportunities to test your functioning legal knowledge as defined in the SQE1 syllabus. Each chapter includes five practice questions, demonstrating how to apply the relevant legal principles to SQE-style single best answer multiple-choice questions.

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SQE Solicitors’ Accounts is available as a print book and ebook, and is suitable whether you are following an SQE preparation course, a self-study route, or preparing to retake the SQE1 assessment.

"Revise SQE Solicitors’ Accounts 2027" was written by Tina McKee.

Tina McKee is a Senior Lecturer in Law and Course Leader for Year 1 students on the undergraduate law courses at the University of Central Lancashire. She is also a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and was an institutional nominee for a National Teaching Fellowship in 2020. She has extensive experience of teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate students, including over 20 years of teaching accounts to law students, and is therefore adept at explaining accounting concepts and compliance with the SRA Accounts Rules in a way that is straightforward for law students to understand.

Foundations of solicitors' accounts

Client money and client accounts: part 1

Client money and client accounts: part 2

Interest

Bills

VAT and transfers

Conveyancing and other accounts

Records, reconciliation and reports