Paper

FLK1

FLK1

Business Law and Practice

12 chapters
  1. The Different Types of Business
  2. Company Decision-making, the Company's Officers and Shareholders
  3. Directors
  4. Equity Finance
  5. Debt Finance
  6. Partnership
  7. Trading: Calculating Profits and Paying VAT
  8. Insolvency
  9. Income Tax
  10. Capital Gains Tax
  11. Corporation Tax
  12. Partnerships and Companies: Accounts and Regulation
FLK1

Dispute Resolution

12 chapters
  1. Different Options for Dispute Resolution
  2. Resolving a Dispute Through a Civil Claim
  3. Commencing Proceedings
  4. Responding to a Claim
  5. Statements of Case
  6. Interim Applications
  7. Case Management
  8. Disclosure and Inspection
  9. Evidence
  10. Trials and Appeals
  11. Costs
  12. Enforcement of Money Judgments
FLK1

Contract Law

13 chapters
  1. Agreement
  2. Intention to Create Legal Relations
  3. Consideration
  4. Parties
  5. Capacity
  6. Contents
  7. Exemption Clauses
  8. Damages
  9. Equitable and Other Remedies
  10. Termination
  11. Misrepresentation
  12. Duress and Undue Influence
  13. Mistake and Illegality
FLK1

Tort

12 chapters
  1. Negligence: Duty of Care
  2. Negligence: Breach of Duty
  3. Negligence: Causation
  4. Negligence: Pure Economic Loss
  5. Negligence: Pure Psychiatric Harm
  6. Negligence: Employers' Liability
  7. Defences
  8. Principles of Remedies for Personal Injury and Death Claims
  9. Vicarious Liability
  10. Occupiers' Liability
  11. Product Liability
  12. Nuisance
Paper

FLK2

FLK2

Property Law and Practice

10 chapters
  1. The Key Elements and Structure of a Freehold Property Transaction
  2. Investigation of Title
  3. Pre-contract Searches and Enquiries
  4. Preparation for and Exchange of Contracts
  5. Completion
  6. Structure and Content of a Lease
  7. Procedural Steps for the Grant of a Lease or Underlease
  8. Procedural Steps for the Assignment of a Lease
  9. Remedies for Breach of Leasehold Covenants
  10. Lease Termination and Security of Tenure under a Business Lease
FLK2

Wills and the Administration of Estates

10 chapters
  1. Validity of Wills and How Property Passes on Death
  2. Wills: Establishing Entitlement
  3. Wills: Revocation, Additions and Alterations
  4. Intestacy
  5. Will Drafting
  6. Inheritance Tax
  7. Family Provision and Post-death Variations
  8. Administration: Obtaining the Grant of Representation
  9. Administration: Dealing with the Estate
  10. Administration: Rights of Beneficiaries and Liabilities of Personal Representatives
FLK2

Solicitors Accounts

10 chapters
  1. Double Entry Bookkeeping and the SRA Accounts Rules
  2. Client Money and Client Accounts
  3. Common Accounting Entries
  4. Transfers and Mixed Receipts
  5. Value Added Tax
  6. Special Accounting Entries
  7. Interest
  8. Property Transactions
  9. Joint Accounts, the Client's Own Bank Account and Third Party Managed Accounts
  10. Compliance
FLK2

Land Law

9 chapters
  1. The Nature of Land
  2. Co-ownership and Trusts
  3. Easements
  4. Freehold Covenants
  5. Mortgages
  6. Leases
  7. Unregistered Land
  8. Registered Land
  9. Consolidation
FLK2

Trusts Law

14 chapters
  1. Express Trusts: Declaration of Trust
  2. Express Trusts: Constitution of Trusts
  3. Beneficial Entitlement
  4. Charitable and Non-Charitable Purpose Trusts
  5. Resulting Trusts
  6. Trusts of the Family Home
  7. Trustees: Appointment, Removal and Retirement
  8. Trustee Powers: Maintenance and Advancement
  9. Trustees' Duties When Running a Trust
  10. Trustee Duties: Investment
  11. Fiduciary Duties
  12. Remedies Against Trustees: Personal Claims
  13. Remedies Against Trustees: Proprietary Claims
  14. Remedies Against Third Parties
FLK2

Criminal Liability

11 chapters
  1. Actus Reus
  2. Mens Rea
  3. Assaults
  4. Homicide I: Murder and the Partial Defences
  5. Homicide II: Involuntary Manslaughter
  6. The Property Offences
  7. Fraud
  8. Criminal Damage
  9. Defences
  10. Attempts
  11. Parties to a Crime
FLK2

Criminal Law and Practice

13 chapters
  1. Detaining a Suspect at the Police Station and Police Interviews
  2. Identification Procedures
  3. Charging the Suspect
  4. Representing Vulnerable Clients
  5. First Hearings Before the Magistrates' Court
  6. Plea Before Venue and Allocation of Business Between the Magistrates' Court and Crown Court
  7. Bail
  8. Case Management and Pre-trial Hearings
  9. Principles and Procedures to Admit and Exclude Evidence
  10. Trial Procedure in the Magistrates' Court and Crown Court
  11. Sentencing
  12. Appeals Procedure
  13. Youth Court Procedure
Pervades both

Ethics

FLK1 + FLK2

Ethics and Professional Conduct

10 chapters
  1. Ethics and Regulation
  2. SRA Principles
  3. Obtaining Instructions
  4. The Retainer
  5. Client Care and Costs
  6. Confidentiality
  7. Conflicts
  8. Undertakings
  9. Duties to the Court and Third Parties
  10. Duties to the SRA and Compliance

Assessment Blueprint

FLK1

  • Business Law and Practice14–20%
  • Dispute Resolution14–20%
  • Contract Law14–20%
  • Tort14–20%
  • Legal System, Constitutional & Admin, EU14–20%
  • Legal Services12–16%

FLK2

  • Property Law & Practice (incl. SA)14–20%
  • Land Law14–20%
  • Wills & Administration (incl. SA)14–20%
  • Trusts Law14–20%
  • Criminal Liability14–20%
  • Criminal Law and Practice14–20%
Ethics and Professional Conduct Pervades FLK1 & FLK2

With money laundering, can make up to 20% of any sitting. Money laundering is assessed in FLK1 only.