SQE1 Wills and the Administration of Estates Questions

Wills and the Administration of Estates is 14–20% of FLK2, in session 1 from January 2027, including solicitors accounts questions set in a probate context. Practise original questions on wills, intestacy, inheritance tax and estate administration.

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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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  • 44 original wills and estates questions with explanations
  • FLK2, session 1
  • SRA blueprint: 14–20% of FLK2, including solicitors accounts in this context
Free sample · Question 1 of 3FLK2 · Wills and estates

Kenneth died in 2026 with assets worth £50,000. His reasonable funeral expenses were £5,000 and the testamentary and administration expenses are £3,000. He owed £80,000 in total to ordinary unsecured creditors, including £16,000 to a trade supplier. There are no secured or preferential debts. How much will the trade supplier receive?

What our wills and estates questions cover

  • Validity of wills: capacity, intention, formalities and witnessing; alteration and revocation
  • Interpreting gifts, lapse and the effect of marriage, divorce and witness beneficiaries
  • Intestacy and the order of entitlement; property passing outside the estate
  • Inheritance tax on death: exemptions, reliefs, lifetime gifts and the nil rate bands
  • Grants of representation, personal representatives’ duties and powers, and the order for paying debts
  • Claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975
Line drawing of a sealed will envelope, a fountain pen, reading glasses and a family photo frame

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 wills and estates drill

Rules the questions test most

  1. A will must be in writing and signed by the testator, or by someone in the testator’s presence and at their direction, with the signature made or acknowledged in the presence of two witnesses present at the same time (Wills Act 1837, section 9).
  2. A gift to a witness, or to a witness’s spouse or civil partner, fails, but the will itself remains valid (section 15).
  3. Marriage or civil partnership revokes an earlier will unless it was made in contemplation of that marriage; divorce does not revoke the will but the former spouse is treated as having died for the gifts and appointments.
  4. Jointly owned property held as joint tenants passes to the surviving joint owner by survivorship and does not form part of the deceased’s estate under the will or intestacy.
  5. A claim under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 must normally be made within six months of the grant of representation.

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Common questions

How much of FLK2 is wills and probate?

The SRA blueprint gives Wills and the Administration of Estates, including solicitors accounts in that context, 14–20% of FLK2, about 24 to 34 of the paper’s 170 questions. From January 2027 it sits in session 1 with Trusts Law and Land Law.

Do I need to memorise inheritance tax rates?

No. The SRA says that where a question needs the value of an exemption or relief, a rate or a threshold, the question gives it. You need to know which exemptions and reliefs exist and when they apply.

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 wills and estates 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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