Short answer: Revise SQE, published by Fink Publishing, is a dedicated SQE1 revision series and, as of 27 October 2026, a current one: the 2027 editions of all 14 subject guides are out, written to the SRA's 2026 specification that the January and July 2027 sittings use, at £17 a guide in print or ebook (£14 as an audiobook; Solicitors' Accounts has no audio edition), or £232.90 for the full 16-title SQE1 bundle. The Practice Assessments books give you a full FLK1 and FLK2 paper each for £32.40 the pair, and the same papers run as timed online mocks at £40 each or £70 for both. Buy it if you revise on paper and want a trusted guide per subject plus full mock papers. Do not buy it expecting a question bank or a PDF. The current mock books are still 180 questions: Revise SQE is reissuing them in early November for the January 2027 format, with free replacements for anyone who buys the current editions direct, and two new 170-question papers (Mock Exam 2 for each FLK) are due on 16 November 2026. Every price here was read from revise4law.co.uk on 27 October 2026.
Stated plainly before anything else: we publish a competing series, so read this knowing where we stand. Every claim below is factual and we say where Revise SQE is the better choice.
What the Revise SQE series is
Revise SQE is a dedicated SQE revision series from Fink Publishing, sold direct from revise4law.co.uk and through bookshops and Amazon. The SQE1 series is 14 subject guides plus mock-paper books (Mock Exam 1 for each FLK now, Mock Exam 2 for each from 16 November 2026), with annual editions named for the exam year they serve:
| SQE1 guides (2027 editions) | Mock papers |
|---|---|
| Business Law and Practice · Constitutional and Administrative Law · Contract Law · Criminal Law · Criminal Practice · Dispute Resolution · Ethics and Professional Conduct · Land Law · Property Practice · Solicitors' Accounts · The Legal System and Services of England and Wales · Tort Law · Trusts Law · Wills and the Administration of Estates | FLK1 Practice Assessments: Mock Exam 1 · FLK2 Practice Assessments: Mock Exam 1 · Mock Exam 2 for each FLK (due 16 November 2026) |
Each guide has named authors, is structured around the SRA specification, and includes five SQE-style single best answer questions in every chapter. The Contract Law 2027 guide, to take one we checked, is 238 pages, published in summer 2026, written to the specification that applies to the January and July 2027 sittings, and carries a "legal updates" page on the publisher's site for changes after printing. The series is also the basis of the Revise SQE online mocks, run with Law Drills.
What it costs
| What | Price (27 October 2026) |
|---|---|
| One subject guide, print or ebook | £17 |
| One subject guide, audiobook | £14 (13 titles; no Solicitors' Accounts) |
| FLK1 or FLK2 bundle (7 guides plus that paper's mock book), print or ebook | £123.30 each |
| SQE1 bundle, all 16 titles (14 guides, 2 mock books), print or ebook | £232.90 |
| SQE1 audiobook bundle (13 titles) | £154.70 |
| Practice Assessments bundle, FLK1 and FLK2 mock books, print or ebook | £32.40 |
| Online FLK1 or FLK2 mock exam | £40 each |
| Online FLK1 and FLK2 mock exam bundle | £70 |
Bundles are up to 15% off the single-title prices and post-free in the UK when bought direct. Prices include any applicable VAT. A complete Revise SQE self-study stack, the 16-title bundle plus the two online mocks, is therefore about £303, which is more than most candidates expect when they price the series one guide at a time; the cheapest SQE1 courses comparison puts that beside every other route.
Revise SQE mocks and Practice Assessment books
This is the part of the series most people search for and the part that has changed most.
- The books. Each Practice Assessments book is a full paper with detailed answers and guidance on tackling SQE1-style questions: 180 questions in the current Mock Exam 1 books, 170 in the new format from November. Full papers matter because the SRA publishes no past papers, only sample questions.
- The online mocks. The same questions run as timed online exams in partnership with Law Drills: you sit under the clock, get an overall mark and guidance on the areas you got wrong, and can take each paper twice within six months, with the question order shuffled on the second attempt. £40 a paper or £70 for both.
- The January 2027 rebuild. On 15 September 2026 Revise SQE said it is revising both Practice Assessments books to mirror the new SQE1 format, 85 questions a session with the SRA's subject groupings, with the updated editions expected in early November 2026. Anyone who buys the current mock books direct from Revise SQE will be sent the updated editions free. Buy the mock books direct rather than from Amazon if you want that swap. Two further papers, Mock Exam 2 for FLK1 and for FLK2, are due on 16 November 2026, already in the 170-question format.
A handful of mock papers is a rehearsal, not a training set. The mock score decoder explains why one sitting of a paper tells you less than candidates hope, and why volume matters more than any single mock.
Which edition is current
Revise SQE names editions for the exam year: the 2027 editions are the ones to buy for the January and July 2027 sittings, and the guides say they cover the SRA's 2026 specification, which is the one those sittings use. The previous 2025/26 editions are still sold second-hand. Check the year on the cover and the publication date, and for any title check the legal-updates page on the publisher's site before you rely on it for a rule that has moved. The specification changes for January 2027 are refinements, but a 2025/26 book was written before them.
Is there a PDF or a Kindle version?
Kindle, yes; PDF, no. The 2027 guides and mock books are sold as Kindle editions on Amazon. Bought direct, Revise SQE ebooks and audiobooks are delivered through the publisher's own app (iPhone and iPad, Android, Windows and Mac) or a browser library, on up to three devices; they are not supplied as unrestricted PDF or EPUB files, the terms bar sharing or copying them, and digital refunds are case by case. Any Revise SQE PDF you find online did not come from the publisher. If you want a file you own, can print and can search across subjects, that is a different kind of product; ebooks vs paperbacks sets out what to look for.
What it does well
- Editorial quality and trust. Named authors, a real publisher, annual editions, a legal-updates page per title. As our where-to-buy guide shows, that is not a given in this market.
- Exam-shaped structure. The guides follow the SRA specification headings and stop where the specification stops, which is what a revision guide should do and what course manuals often do not.
- Print. Well-produced physical books at £17, for annotators and screen-tired revisers.
- Per-subject purchase. Buying the two or three subjects you are weak in is the series at its best value.
- Audiobooks. 13 of the 14 guides come as audiobooks (£14 each), handy for commutes.
Where it falls short
- Full-set cost. £232.90 for the 16-title set and £70 for the online mocks comes to about £303 before a question bank, roughly 15% on top of the £2,006 SQE1 fee.
- Practice is thin. Five questions a chapter plus a few mock papers is a starting point, not a question bank. The 170-question papers are passed on volume and technique, and this series does not supply the volume.
- Locked digital. Direct ebooks live in the publisher's app on up to three devices, Kindle editions in Kindle, and there is no PDF. Fine as a reading experience; frustrating as a study file.
- Static between editions. A 2027 edition printed in summer 2026 cannot follow the law past its stated date (the legal-updates pages help), and the mock books are being reprinted for the format change; buy direct if you want the swap.
Are Revise SQE books good?
Yes. On content, structure and editing they are as good as any revision series aimed at SQE1, and better than most of what is sold as "SQE notes" online. The reservations above are about what the series is, a set of revision guides with a few mock papers, not about how well it does that job. If it is your main series, plan heavy question practice alongside it, which brings us to the next point.
Is Revise SQE enough on its own?
The guides on their own: no, for the same reason no reading material is enough for a 340-question applied exam; that is true of our books too. The guides plus the Practice Assessments plus a question bank with full timed mocks is a credible self-study stack, and the free mock exam post shows how to fit the mocks into it. Budget for the whole stack, not the first layer.
The alternatives, priced
| Series | All-subject cost | Practice included | Formats | Where it wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revise SQE (14 guides) | £232.90 (16 titles incl. 2 mock books); plus £70 for both online mocks | Five questions a chapter; mock papers | Print, app or Kindle ebook, audiobook | Print quality, editorial pedigree, per-subject picks, audio |
| University of Law study manuals (15) | £552 in print; ePub sold singly at £45.99 | Example scenarios and SBA questions modelled on the SRA's samples | Print, ePub | Course-grade depth; see the ULaw manuals review |
| Brigitte's FLK | £119.99 bundle for six months | 720 questions in the bundle | Digital notes and videos | Video learners |
| SQE1 Prep study guides (13) | £49.99, or £9.99 a guide | 4,400+ worked questions and 5,500+ flashcards inside the guides | PDF and EPUB you keep; paperbacks on Amazon | Notes and practice in one file, at about a fifth of the price |
| Free stack | £0 | The SRA's 220 sample questions | Web | Supplementing any of the above (under £100) |
Prices read from each publisher's own site on 27 October 2026.
Mix-and-match strategies that make sense
- Print where you struggle, digital for coverage. Two Revise SQE print guides for your hardest subjects (£34) plus the SQE1 Prep bundle for everything else (£49.99): full coverage with the practice layer included for about £84, instead of £303.
- Revise SQE guides plus a question bank. If you already own the guides, keep them and put the money you would have spent on more books into question volume; that is the gap the series leaves.
- Mock papers from two sources. Revise SQE's £70 online pair is a sensible second set of full papers late in revision, whichever series you learned from, once the November editions are out in the new format.
Verdict
Revise SQE is a good series and the 2027 editions are current. If you revise best on paper, want a publisher's imprint and are buying selected subjects, or the full set with the mocks and the budget does not sting, you will be well served, and the free swap of the mock books in November is the right response to the format change.
At full-set scale it is not the best value, and it is not a practice source. If you need all the subjects, current, with the questions built in and files you own, the SQE1 Prep series does that for £49.99. Whatever you choose, the books are the spine and timed practice is what passes the exam.
