SQE1 Dispute Resolution Practice Questions

Dispute Resolution is 14–20% of FLK1 and sits in session 1 from January 2027. Practise original questions on the Civil Procedure Rules from pre-action conduct to enforcement, each explained step by step.

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170 five-option questions in two timed sessions of 85 (2 hours 33 minutes each), in the January 2027 FLK1 format, with a score by subject and an explanation for every answer.

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  • 52 original dispute resolution questions with explanations
  • FLK1, session 1
  • SRA blueprint: 14–20% of FLK1
Free sample · Question 1 of 3FLK1 · Dispute resolution

Pinehurst Bakery Ltd's industrial oven caught fire six months after it was installed by Ardent Ovens Ltd. Pinehurst believes the fire was caused by faulty wiring but cannot decide whether to sue until it sees Ardent's installation and test records. Ardent has refused to provide them. No proceedings have been issued. Pinehurst asks whether the court can order Ardent to produce the records now. What is the best advice?

What our dispute resolution questions cover

  • Choosing arbitration, mediation or litigation; limitation; pre-action conduct and protocols
  • Which court and which law; issuing and serving a claim form in and outside the jurisdiction; deemed service
  • Responding to a claim: admissions, acknowledgement of service, defences, counterclaims and default judgment
  • Statements of case, requests for further information, amendments and Part 20 claims
  • Interim applications: summary judgment, interim payments and interim injunctions
  • Case management: the overriding objective, track allocation, directions, sanctions and relief from sanctions
  • Evidence, experts and witness statements; disclosure, privilege and without prejudice communications
  • Trial, costs (budgets, Part 36 offers, security for costs), appeals and enforcement of money judgments
Line drawing of a civil courtroom with a judge’s bench, a witness box and lever-arch files on counsel’s table

This list is our own summary of the subject, written for practice. The SRA publishes the full Functioning Legal Knowledge list for FLK1 in the SQE1 Assessment Specification.

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Take the full timed FLK1 mock exam

170 five-option questions in two timed sessions of 85 (2 hours 33 minutes each), in the January 2027 FLK1 format, with a score by subject and an explanation for every answer.

Or try the free dispute resolution drill

Rules the questions test most

  1. The limitation period is six years from breach for a claim in contract and six years from damage for most tort claims, but three years for personal injury, running from the injury or the claimant’s date of knowledge if later.
  2. A claim form must be served within four months of issue if served within the jurisdiction. It is deemed served on the second business day after the step taken to serve it, such as posting it.
  3. A defendant has 14 days after service of the particulars of claim to file an acknowledgement of service or a defence; acknowledging service extends the time for the defence to 28 days after service of the particulars.
  4. Summary judgment under CPR Part 24 is available when the other side has no real prospect of succeeding on the claim or issue and there is no other compelling reason for a trial.
  5. If a claimant fails to beat a defendant’s Part 36 offer at trial, the claimant usually pays the defendant’s costs from the end of the relevant period, with interest on those costs.
  6. Documents written for the dominant purpose of litigation that is in reasonable contemplation are protected by litigation privilege; legal advice between solicitor and client is protected by legal advice privilege.

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Common questions

Do I need to know CPR rule numbers for SQE1?

Mostly no. The SRA says you need case names or provisions only when they are the normal name for a rule or step, such as CPR Part 36. Otherwise you apply the rule, not its number.

How much of FLK1 is Dispute Resolution?

The SRA blueprint gives Dispute Resolution 14–20% of FLK1, about 24 to 34 of the paper’s 170 questions. From January 2027 it sits in session 1 with Business Law and Practice and Legal Services.

Take the full timed FLK1 mock exam

170 five-option questions in two timed sessions of 85 (2 hours 33 minutes each), in the January 2027 FLK1 format, with a score by subject and an explanation for every answer.

Or try the free dispute resolution 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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