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Criminal Law and Practice SQE1 FLK2 Study Guide
Criminal offences, defences, and procedure. Seventeen chapters follow a criminal case from police powers and detention under PACE 1984 through bail and remand, summary and indictable procedure, plea and case management, trial, sentencing under the Sentencing Code, appeals and youth justice.
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- 17
- Worked MCQs
- 510
- Flashcards
- 622
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Inside the book
All 17 chapters of Criminal Law and Practice
The book follows the SRA’s FLK2 specification for Criminal Law and Practice chapter by chapter. Chapter 1 is free to read in the sample.
- 01Free sample
Advising at the Police Station: Rights and Detention
Rights of a suspect detained by police, detention time limits, and advising vulnerable clients
30 worked questions · 40 flashcards
- 02
Identification Procedures
PACE Code D identification procedures and when they must be held
30 worked questions · 36 flashcards
- 03
Advising on Police Questions and Interviews
Right to silence, adverse inferences, interview procedure, appropriate adults, and vulnerable clients
30 worked questions · 35 flashcards
- 04
Bail Applications
Right to bail, exceptions to bail, conditional and unconditional bail, police and court bail, further applications and appeals
30 worked questions · 39 flashcards
- 05
First Hearings and Representation
Classification of offences, representation orders, procedural overview of first hearings, and the defence solicitor's role
30 worked questions · 35 flashcards
- 06
Plea Before Venue and Allocation
Plea before venue procedure, advising on trial venue, mode of trial, and sending without allocation
30 worked questions · 35 flashcards
- 07
Case Management and Disclosure
Case management directions, prosecution and defence disclosure under CPIA, PII, and third-party disclosure
30 worked questions · 36 flashcards
- 08
Burden and Standard of Proof
The golden thread of criminal law, legal and evidential burdens, statutory reversals, and Article 6(2) ECHR
30 worked questions · 38 flashcards
- 09
Identification Evidence and Inferences from Silence
Turnbull guidance on identification evidence, ss.34-38 CJPOA 1994 on inferences from silence, and advising clients
30 worked questions · 36 flashcards
- 10
Hearsay Evidence
Definition of hearsay, common law exceptions, and CJA 2003 statutory provisions
30 worked questions · 35 flashcards
- 11
Confession Evidence
Definition, admissibility, and exclusion of confession evidence under PACE 1984
30 worked questions · 35 flashcards
- 12
Character Evidence
Bad character evidence, the 7 gateways for admission, and exclusion under CJA 2003
30 worked questions · 35 flashcards
- 13
Exclusion of Evidence
s.78 PACE 1984, Article 6 ECHR, abuse of process, and the right to a fair trial
30 worked questions · 35 flashcards
- 14
Trial Procedure
Stages of a criminal trial, courtroom etiquette, evidence rules, competence, compellability, and special measures
30 worked questions · 35 flashcards
- 15
Sentencing
Sentencing guidelines, determining seriousness, types of sentences, and Newton hearings
30 worked questions · 39 flashcards
- 16
Appeals
Appeals from magistrates' court and Crown Court, case stated, judicial review, Court of Appeal powers, Attorney General's reference, and the CCRC
30 worked questions · 37 flashcards
- 17
Youth Court and Welsh Language
Youth court jurisdiction, sentencing children and young people, referral orders, youth rehabilitation orders, detention and training orders, and Welsh language rights in criminal proceedings
30 worked questions · 41 flashcards
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What you get
Everything in the Criminal Law and Practice guide
- 17 chapters of notes: police powers, PACE, bail, summary procedure, indictable procedure, plea and case management, trial, sentencing, appeals, youth justice
- 510 worked SBA questions with full explanations citing PACE 1984, the Criminal Procedure Rules and the Sentencing Code
- 622 flashcards organised by chapter for spaced repetition
- Glossary of criminal-procedure terms and key Acts, plus an alphabetical index
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Criminal Law and Practice study guide: your questions
17 chapters of plain-English SQE1 FLK2 notes covering the whole Criminal Law and Practice specification, 510 worked single-best-answer questions with an explanation of every option, and 622 flashcards. The PDF runs to about 1,099 pages.
All 17, in the order the syllabus builds: from Advising at the Police Station: Rights and Detention to Youth Court and Welsh Language. Chapter 1 is the free sample, so you can judge the writing before you buy.
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£9.99 as a one-time purchase with lifetime access and no subscription. All 13 FLK1 and FLK2 guides together are £49.99, less than six books bought separately.
The text is the same. The Kindle edition is sold through Amazon; the paperback drops the flashcard appendix and, in the longest subjects, some of the worked questions. The ebook here is the complete edition with every question and flashcard, in EPUB and PDF.
It is drawn from the same Criminal Law and Practice notes and question bank as sqe1prep.co.uk, arranged for reading end to end. The book works offline, on paper or on a Kindle. The platform adds timed FLK2 mock exams, spaced-repetition scheduling and progress tracking across all 13 subjects, and its lifetime plan includes every book. Learn more →
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