This SQE1 revision guide covers the requirements of the SRA SQE1 2026 specification for the legal system and services of England Wales, which will be examined within the FLK1 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, covering legal system, sources of law and legal services.

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 The Legal System and Services of England and Wales is available as a print book, ebook and audiobook, and is suitable whether you are following an SQE preparation course, a self-study route, or preparing to retake the SQE1 assessment.

"Revise SQE The Legal System and Services of England and Wales 2027" was written by Amy Sixsmith.

Dr Amy Sixsmith is an Associate Professor in Law and undergraduate LL.B. programme leader at the University of Sunderland. She has taught on undergraduate and postgraduate law courses for 12 years, and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She was one of the academic leads involved in transforming the University’s LL.B. programme to comply with the specification of the Solicitors Qualifying Examination, and has taught English Legal System to both law and non-law students.  

The court structure of England and Wales

Sources of law: primary legislation

Sources of law: statutory interpretation

Sources of law: case law

The regulation of legal services

Overriding legal obligations

Financial services

Funding options for legal services