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Wills and Administration of Estates SQE1 FLK2 Study Guide

Wills, intestacy, probate, and inheritance tax. Eight chapters cover validity of wills, intestacy under the AEA 1925, the grant of representation, executors and administration, inheritance tax calculation and reliefs, family-provision claims under the 1975 Act, lifetime gifts and post-death variations.

Chapters
8
Worked MCQs
240
Flashcards
360
Formats
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All 8 chapters of Wills and Administration of Estates

The book follows the SRA’s FLK2 specification for Wills and Administration of Estates chapter by chapter. Chapter 1 is free to read in the sample.

  1. 01

    Introduction to Wills and Intestacy

    Validity of wills, testamentary capacity, formal requirements, and intestacy rules

    30 worked questions · 35 flashcards

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  2. 02

    Drafting and Executing Wills

    Will drafting, clauses, and execution procedures

    30 worked questions · 46 flashcards

  3. 03

    Alterations, Revocation and Revival

    Changing and revoking wills, revival of revoked wills

    30 worked questions · 36 flashcards

  4. 04

    Interpretation of Wills

    Construing wills, failed gifts, and ademption

    30 worked questions · 42 flashcards

  5. 05

    Grants of Representation

    Probate, letters of administration, and application procedures

    30 worked questions · 46 flashcards

  6. 06

    Administration of Estates

    Personal representatives' duties and estate administration

    30 worked questions · 52 flashcards

  7. 07

    Inheritance Tax

    IHT on lifetime transfers and death, exemptions and reliefs

    30 worked questions · 48 flashcards

  8. 08

    Claims, Trusts and Post-Administration

    1975 Act claims, consequent trusts, and beneficiary rights

    30 worked questions · 55 flashcards

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What you get

Everything in the Wills and Administration of Estates guide

  • 8 chapters of notes: validity of wills, intestacy rules, grant of representation, executors and administration, inheritance tax, family provision claims, lifetime gifts, post-death variations
  • 240 worked SBA questions with full explanations citing the Wills Act 1837, IHTA 1984 and the AEA 1925
  • 360 flashcards organised by chapter for spaced repetition
  • Glossary of probate and IHT terms, plus an alphabetical index
  • EPUB (Kindle via Send to Kindle, Apple Books, Kobo) and print-ready PDF included

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Chapters
8 chapters
Worked MCQs
240 questions
Flashcards
360 cards
PDF length
581 pages
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Try free Wills and Administration of Estates questionsSample single-best-answer questions with full explanations, and the complete FLK2 topic list for the subject.Listen to Wills and Administration of Estates on the podcastSeason 12: 8 free episodes, one per chapter, with a worked question in each.

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Wills and Administration of Estates study guide: your questions

8 chapters of plain-English SQE1 FLK2 notes covering the whole Wills and Administration of Estates specification, 240 worked single-best-answer questions with an explanation of every option, and 360 flashcards. The PDF runs to about 581 pages. Learn more →
All 8, in the order the syllabus builds: from Introduction to Wills and Intestacy to Claims, Trusts and Post-Administration. Chapter 1 is the free sample, so you can judge the writing before you buy.
Both, in one purchase: EPUB for Kindle (via Send to Kindle), Apple Books, Kobo and Pocketbook, and a print-quality PDF. Both downloads appear in your library straight after checkout and you can re-download them any time. Learn more →
£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 Wills and Administration of Estates 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 →
FLK2 examines 7 subjects in a single 180-question paper, so most candidates cover all of them. Each guide is one subject, so buy the ones you need at £9.99 or take all 13 for £49.99. Learn more →
Yes. It states the law in force at publication on the copyright page and follows the current SRA assessment specification for SQE1 FLK2. When the syllabus changes we re-issue, and existing buyers download the new edition from their library free.

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