What you'll learn


What you actually need to know for the SQE 1 exam for Legal Services is explained in this video:

Course content

  Reserved legal activities (Principles and risk-based regulation)
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  Professional indemnity insurance (PII) (Principles and risk-based regulation)
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  Other regulated providers of legal services (Principles and risk-based regulation)
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  The protected characteristics and direct discrimination (The Equality Act 2010)
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  Indirect discrimination (The Equality Act 2010)
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  Victimisation and harassment (The Equality Act 2010)
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  Reasonable adjustments (The Equality Act 2010)
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  Purpose and scope of anti-money laundering legislation including the international context (Money laundering)
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  Due diligence requirements (Money laundering)
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  Direct involvement and non-direct involvement offences, and defences to those offences under Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Money laundering)
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  Circumstances encountered in the course of practice where suspicion of money laundering should be reported in accordance with the legislation (Money laundering)
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  The appropriate person or body to whom suspicions should be reported, the appropriate time for such reports to be made and the appropriate procedure to be followed (Money laundering)
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  The financial services regulatory framework including authorisation, and how it applies to solicitors' firms (Financial services)
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  Recognition of relevant financial services issues, including the identification of specified investments, specified activities and relevant exemptions (Financial services)
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  Application of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and related secondary legislation to the work of a solicitor (Financial services)
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  Appropriate sources of information on financial services (Financial services)
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  Private retainer (Funding options for legal services)
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  Conditional fee arrangements (Funding options for legal services)
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  Damages based agreements (Funding options for legal services)
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  Fixed fees (Funding options for legal services)
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  Eligibility for criminal and civil legal aid (Funding options for legal services)
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  Third party funding (Funding options for legal services)
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  Legal expenses insurance (Funding options for legal services)
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Why sign up?


✅ Focused material: You’ll learn just what you need to know to pass legal services part of the SQE 1 exam - no more and no less - so that you’ll learn faster, in less time, and you avoid getting lost in reams of unnecessary study material.


✅ Practice tests: You can test your knowledge on legal services part of the SQE 1 exam with us as you go along with practice SQE 1 exam questions and worked answers, so that you’re familiar with the exam format and the kinds of questions that could be asked in the SQE 1 exam;


✅ Visual learning: So the course provides unique diagrams on the legal services you won’t find anywhere else, distilling what you need to know for the exam, and videos and manageable, bite-sized colourful study notes. This means you’ll understand the material faster and retain the knowledge longer so you remember it when you’re in the exam.

Your instructor


Hi, I’m Tom, this is to introduce our legal services course for SQE1 exam preparation. This is really a course of fundamentals for legal practice, because it covers ethics and the principles on which your legal practice will be founded. It also covers the business essentials, through the types of funding for legal cases, which will be essential for you making a business success of your career in law.