… and why does their expertise matter?
Sue Hall
Revise SQE
Published: November 2026
At Revise SQE, our books are written by experienced legal academics, lecturers, examiners and practising legal professionals, supported by our series editors and editorial team. Between them, they bring years of experience in legal practice, teaching and publishing, helping us produce revision materials that reflect the SRA assessment specifications.
When you’re choosing revision materials for the SQE, it’s worth knowing who’s actually written them.
With so many resources now available, from traditional textbooks to online question banks and AI-assisted study tools, it isn’t always easy to know who is behind the content or what experience they bring.
We’re very proud of the people behind our books, and we thought it was time to tell you a little more about them.
Who writes Revise SQE books?
Behind every title is an author or team of authors with specialist knowledge of their subject. Many have spent years teaching law, preparing students for professional examinations and writing legal textbooks.
They understand not just the law itself, but also the challenges of learning it, remembering it and applying it in an assessment.
Who oversees the Revise SQE series?
Our series editors, Dr David Sixsmith and Dr Amy Sixsmith, bring considerable experience in legal education, including developing and teaching courses for aspiring solicitors.
David is an Assistant Professor at Northumbria Law School, a non-practising solicitor and a former law firm partner. Amy is an Associate Professor in Law at the University of Sunderland, where she has been involved in developing legal education to meet the requirements of the SQE.
Together, they oversee the overall content, structure and approach of the Revise SQE series.
We also work closely with Mark Thomas, a practising barrister and experienced law lecturer. As well as writing and editing several of our titles, Mark acts as our MCQ Advisor and Reviewer across the entire series.
He keeps a particularly close eye on developments and announcements from the SRA, helping us stay informed about changes that may affect our publications.
Our editorial team plays an equally important role. David Stott looks after the SQE1 books, including our FLK practice assessment books, while Llinos Edwards looks after the SQE2 series. Both bring extensive publishing experience to their work, reviewing manuscripts and overseeing the proofreading and production process.
It’s a real team effort, involving a great deal of knowledge, experience and attention to detail.
Why does this expertise matter?
Preparing for the SQE involves more than remembering legal principles. SQE1 assesses your ability to apply legal knowledge to practical situations through single best answer multiple-choice questions, while SQE2 assesses practical legal skills and their application.
Producing effective revision materials therefore requires more than simply gathering information about the law. It takes subject knowledge, teaching experience and an understanding of what students need to know for the assessments.
Our authors work with the SRA assessment specifications to produce focused revision guides covering only the relevant law and skills you’ll be assessed on.
We also have established editorial processes in place to ensure that our books are accurate, accessible and suitable for their intended purpose.
Of course, we’re human, and occasionally errors can occur. We take accuracy seriously and welcome feedback from readers so that any errors brought to our attention can be investigated and corrected.
How can you check who’s behind your SQE study materials?
There are more ways than ever to prepare for the SQE, and AI is increasingly playing a part in how study resources are developed.
We recognise that AI can be a very useful tool, and as a small publishing business, we use it ourselves to support certain aspects of our work.
Our own approach is to have our books, including our SQE-style multiple-choice questions and answers, written and developed by people with the relevant expertise. You can read more about this in our AI Policy.
But regardless of how study materials are produced, we think it’s worth asking a few questions before relying on them. Who has created the content? What legal or teaching experience do they have? Is there an editorial or review process? And how are changes to the law and the SRA assessment specifications taken into account?
These are useful questions to ask of any revision resource, whether it’s a printed textbook, an online question bank or an AI-assisted learning tool.
Meet the people behind Revise SQE
We’re a relatively small publishing team, but we’re fortunate to work with a wonderful group of knowledgeable and experienced people who care about the quality of the books we produce.
You can find out more about our series editors and wider team on our Meet the Team page.