SQE1 Criminal Law and Practice Questions

Criminal Law and Practice is 14–20% of FLK2 and sits in session 2 from January 2027. Practise original questions on criminal procedure and evidence, from the police station to appeal.

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170 five-option questions in two timed sessions of 85 (2 hours 33 minutes each), in the January 2027 FLK2 format, with a score by subject and an explanation for every answer.

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  • 46 original criminal practice questions with explanations
  • FLK2, session 2
  • SRA blueprint: 14–20% of FLK2
Free sample · Question 1 of 3FLK2 · Criminal practice

Ffion Rees is charged with an either-way offence of dishonesty. She indicated a guilty plea at the first hearing in the magistrates' court, which was the first stage of proceedings, and was committed to the Crown Court for sentence. The judge decides that, after trial, the appropriate custodial sentence would have been 30 months. Applying the guideline on reduction in sentence for a guilty plea, what sentence should the judge impose?

What our criminal practice questions cover

  • Advising at the police station: detention, interviews, identification and the right to legal advice
  • First hearings, bail and remand, and allocation of either-way offences
  • Case management, disclosure and pre-trial hearings in the magistrates’ court and the Crown Court
  • Evidence: burden and standard of proof, adverse inferences, hearsay, bad character, confessions and exclusion
  • Trial procedure, sentencing principles and youth court basics
  • Appeals from the magistrates’ court and the Crown Court
Line drawing of a plain interview room with a table, four chairs and a small recording device on the table

This list is our own summary of the subject, written for practice. The SRA publishes the full Functioning Legal Knowledge list for FLK2 in the SQE1 Assessment Specification.

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Take the full timed FLK2 mock exam

170 five-option questions in two timed sessions of 85 (2 hours 33 minutes each), in the January 2027 FLK2 format, with a score by subject and an explanation for every answer.

Or try the free criminal practice drill

Rules the questions test most

  1. There is a general right to bail under the Bail Act 1976 for a defendant charged with an offence, subject to the exceptions, such as substantial grounds for believing the defendant would fail to surrender, commit further offences or interfere with witnesses.
  2. An adverse inference may be drawn under section 34 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 when a suspect fails to mention in interview a fact later relied on in their defence that they could reasonably have been expected to mention.
  3. A confession must be excluded under section 76 of PACE 1984 if it was or may have been obtained by oppression or in consequence of anything likely to make it unreliable, unless the prosecution proves beyond reasonable doubt that it was not.
  4. Section 78 of PACE 1984 gives the court discretion to exclude prosecution evidence whose admission would have such an adverse effect on the fairness of the proceedings that it ought not to be admitted.
  5. An either-way offence goes through plea before venue. If the defendant indicates not guilty, the magistrates decide whether the case is suitable for summary trial; if they accept jurisdiction, the defendant can still elect Crown Court trial.

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Common questions

How much of FLK2 is criminal practice?

The SRA blueprint gives Criminal Law and Practice 14–20% of FLK2, about 24 to 34 of the paper’s 170 questions, in session 2 from January 2027.

Do I need to know PACE section numbers?

Only where they are the usual name for a rule, such as a section 78 application to exclude evidence. Otherwise you apply the rule to the facts.

Take the full timed FLK2 mock exam

170 five-option questions in two timed sessions of 85 (2 hours 33 minutes each), in the January 2027 FLK2 format, with a score by subject and an explanation for every answer.

Or try the free criminal practice drill

More SQE1 subjects

Subjects, blueprint and format: SRA: SQE1 Assessment Specification (from 1 September 2026) · SRA: SQE1 Functioning Legal Knowledge blueprint (Annex 4) · SRA blog: Understanding SQE1 (24 September 2026), checked November 2026.

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