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Q: Can I use last year's SQE FLK1 edition?

Usually, yes. SQE prep books come from several publishers rather than one official pair: Revise SQE (Fink Publishing) subject guides at around £15-£17 each, University of Law SQE Manuals at £45.99 (2026 editions), and OUP revision titles - plus BPP and Barbri materials. Editions refresh every one to two years as the law and the SRA's assessment specification move. A one-edition-old FLK1 guide (business law and practice, dispute resolution, contract, tort, the legal system, constitutional and administrative law, legal services) is broadly usable - the FLK is stable year to year - but always revise from the current SRA assessment specification, which is free, and check for major legal changes since your edition printed. Practice-question books age fastest and are the ones to buy most recent.

The standard books for SQE FLK1 from Revise SQE, ULaw and OUP - check which edition is worth buying, then get it used from someone who just passed.

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SQE prep books come from several publishers rather than one official pair: Revise SQE (Fink Publishing) subject guides at around £15-£17 each, University of Law SQE Manuals at £45.99 (2026 editions), and OUP revision titles - plus BPP and Barbri materials. Editions refresh every one to two years as the law and the SRA's assessment specification move. A one-edition-old FLK1 guide (business law and practice, dispute resolution, contract, tort, the legal system, constitutional and administrative law, legal services) is broadly usable - the FLK is stable year to year - but always revise from the current SRA assessment specification, which is free, and check for major legal changes since your edition printed. Practice-question books age fastest and are the ones to buy most recent.

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