What is on FLK2?

What is on FLK2, in one paragraph

FLK2 is the second SQE1 paper and it examines seven subject areas: Property Practice, Wills and the Administration of Estates, Solicitors Accounts, Land Law, Trusts, Criminal Liability, and Criminal Law and Practice. Broadly it is the property, private client, equity and criminal half of the qualification, with solicitors accounts attached. Ethics and professional conduct is examined across the whole paper rather than as its own subject.

The list below follows the assessment specification. We are independent of the SRA and Kaplan and nothing here is endorsed by either, and nothing on this page is legal advice. Checked 9 September 2026.

The seven SQE1 FLK2 modules

Property Practice. Freehold and leasehold transactions end to end: investigating registered title from official copy entries and unregistered title from an epitome, pre-contract searches and enquiries, the Law Society Conveyancing Protocol, finance and acting for a lender. Then drafting and exchanging the contract under the Standard Conditions of Sale or the Standard Commercial Property Conditions, completion and post-completion steps, and remedies for delayed completion. On the leasehold side, lease content, grant and assignment, leasehold covenants before and after 1 January 1996, forfeiture and other remedies, and security of tenure under Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954. Planning and building regulations sit here, as does property tax: SDLT, Land Transaction Tax in Wales, VAT and the option to tax, and capital gains tax.

Wills and the Administration of Estates. Validity of wills and codicils, covering testamentary capacity, knowledge and approval, undue influence, the formal requirements and the burden of proof on a challenge, plus alterations, revocation and the effect of marriage or divorce. Interpretation and failure of gifts, the intestacy rules under section 46 of the Administration of Estates Act 1925, and property passing outside the estate. Then probate practice: grants of representation and the order of priority, valuation, excepted estates, the duties and liabilities of personal representatives, distribution, claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, and inheritance tax plus tax during the administration period.

Solicitors Accounts. What client money is, when it must go into a client account, when it may be withheld, and the accounting entries each situation requires. The client account itself, the ban on providing banking facilities, keeping client money separate from the firm's own, and interest. Correcting breaches of the SRA Accounts Rules promptly on discovery, and the record keeping obligations: client ledgers, reconciliations, bills, disbursements by the agency and principal methods, transfers and VAT, third-party managed accounts and accountants' reports.

Land Law. The nature of land, how legal estates and equitable interests are acquired, transferred and protected, and the formalities each requires. Title to land, covering registration, interests that override, and the core principles of unregistered title including land charges and the doctrine of notice. Co-ownership: joint tenants against tenants in common, survivorship, severance, and disputes under sections 14 and 15 of the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996. Then proprietary rights, easements, freehold covenants and mortgages, and leases, including the lease and licence distinction, privity, leasehold covenants and termination.

Trusts. Creation of express trusts and the three certainties of intention, subject matter and objects, across fixed and discretionary trusts, with the formalities, constitution and the exceptions to the rule that equity will not assist a volunteer. Beneficial entitlement and the rule in Saunders v Vautier, charitable against non-charitable purpose trusts, resulting trusts, trusts of the family home through common intention constructive trusts and proprietary estoppel, and stranger liability by knowing receipt and dishonest assistance. Then the fiduciary relationship, trustees' appointment, duty of care, duty to invest and statutory powers, liability for breach of trust and its limits, and equitable remedies including tracing.

Criminal Liability. The core principles of liability applied to a specified list of offences: offences against the person from common assault through sections 47, 20 and 18 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861; theft offences under sections 1, 8, 9 and 10 of the Theft Act 1968; criminal damage, aggravated criminal damage and arson; homicide, covering murder and both voluntary and involuntary manslaughter; and fraud by false representation, abuse of position and failure to disclose. For each, the actus reus and mens rea, plus the general defences of intoxication and self-defence, the partial defences of loss of control and diminished responsibility, principals and accomplices, and attempt.

Criminal Law and Practice. Advising clients, including vulnerable clients, at the police station: the right to legal advice, detention limits and reviews under PACE 1984 Code C, identification procedures under Code D, the right to silence and adverse inferences, and the conduct of an interview. Then the litigation process: bail, first hearings, plea before venue, allocation, case management and disclosure. Evidence, covering burden and standard of proof, the Turnbull guidance, hearsay, confessions, bad character and its gateways, and exclusion under section 78 PACE 1984. Then trial procedure in both courts, sentencing, appeals, youth court procedure, and the use of the Welsh language in criminal proceedings.

FLK1 vs FLK2: what actually differs

The only real difference is the subject list. FLK1 carries six subject areas: business law and practice, dispute resolution, contract, tort, constitutional and administrative law and EU law together with the legal system of England and Wales, and legal services. FLK2 carries the seven above.

Everything else is the same. Each paper is 180 single best answer questions with five options each. Each is sat as two sessions of 90 questions, 153 minutes per session, which is roughly 102 seconds a question. Neither paper is harder by design, and neither is worth more. Checked 9 September 2026.

• Both are sat. FLK1 and FLK2 together make up SQE1. You do not choose between them.
• Both must be passed. They are marked separately and each has its own pass mark for that sitting. A high FLK1 does not compensate for a failed FLK2.
• Ethics runs through both. Professional conduct is examined pervasively, so it can turn up in a property question or a criminal one.
• No published weighting. The SRA does not publish a percentage per subject, so nobody can honestly tell you Trusts is worth a fixed share of FLK2.

How to use this list

Treat the seven headings as seven separate revision projects and the bullets under each as a checklist you can mark. Most candidates who struggle with FLK2 are not weak across the whole paper. They are weak in one or two of the seven, usually Land Law or Trusts if they came through a conversion route, or Solicitors Accounts if they have never kept a ledger.

The practical move is to test before you read. Answer questions in each of the seven and see where the accuracy drops, then read into the gap rather than reading everything evenly. Reading time spread evenly across seven subjects is time spent mostly on things you already know.

Where to go next

This page sits under the full SQE1 specification and syllabus guide, which sets out all thirteen subjects across both papers, the question counts and the timings.

To see the FLK2 style in practice, work through the free SQE1 practice questions. If you are deciding how to cover unfamiliar subjects like Land Law and Trusts, can you pass SQE1 without a prep course is the relevant one, and are there free SQE1 mock tests covers what free practice is actually available.