SQE1 Criminal Liability Practice Questions

Criminal Liability is 14–20% of FLK2 and sits in session 2 from January 2027 with Criminal Law and Practice. Practise original questions on the elements of the core offences and the defences.

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

Gareth Lowe, a qualified electrician, was hired by a homeowner to rewire her house. To finish early he left live cables exposed behind a loose panel in the hallway, contrary to basic safety practice that any electrician would know. Three days later the homeowner's lodger, Ana, touched the panel and was electrocuted. Gareth did not think about the risk at all. He is charged with gross negligence manslaughter. Which statement best describes the test the jury must apply?

What our criminal liability questions cover

  • Actus reus and mens rea, omissions, causation, intention, recklessness and transferred malice
  • Assault, battery, actual bodily harm, wounding and grievous bodily harm
  • Murder and manslaughter, including loss of control and diminished responsibility
  • Theft, robbery, burglary, criminal damage and fraud by false representation
  • Defences: self-defence, intoxication, duress and consent
  • Parties to a crime: accessories and joint enterprise; inchoate offences: attempts
Line drawing of a shop window with cracked glass, a dropped handbag on the pavement and a street lamp at night

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 liability drill

Rules the questions test most

  1. Theft is dishonestly appropriating property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it (Theft Act 1968, section 1). Dishonesty is judged by the standards of ordinary decent people, applied to the defendant’s actual state of knowledge or belief (Ivey; Barton and Booth).
  2. Robbery is theft with force, or putting someone in fear of force, immediately before or at the time of the theft and in order to steal.
  3. For murder the prosecution must prove an intention to kill or to cause grievous bodily harm. Loss of control and diminished responsibility are partial defences that reduce murder to manslaughter.
  4. Recklessness means the defendant was aware of a risk and it was unreasonable to take it in the circumstances known to them (R v G).
  5. A person can be convicted as an accessory if they assisted or encouraged the principal intending to do so and knowing the essential facts, including the principal’s intention (Jogee).

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Common questions

What is the difference between Criminal Liability and Criminal Law and Practice?

Criminal Liability tests the substantive law: the elements of offences, defences and parties. Criminal Law and Practice tests procedure: the police station, bail, allocation, evidence, trial, sentencing and appeals. The SRA blueprint gives each 14–20% of FLK2.

How much of FLK2 is criminal law?

Criminal Liability and Criminal Law and Practice are each 14–20% of FLK2, so together they make up roughly a third of the paper. From January 2027 both are in session 2 with Property Law and Practice.

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 liability 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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