How to register for the SQE1 and SQE2 assessments.
How to verify your ID and what you need to provide.
What the survey is, and what it covers.
If you need help or assistance to sit your assessments.
If you are a qualified lawyer, you may be eligible for an exemption.
How to book the SQE1 and SQE2 assessments.
Find out how and when to book your SQE assessments.
Upcoming assessment dates, booking windows, and test centre locations.
Find out how you can take the SQE assessments in Welsh.
Everything you need to know about sitting the SQE1 and SQE2 assessments.
The assessment specification for both FLK1 and FLK2, including annexes and sample questions.
The specification for the written and oral assessments, including annexes and sample questions.
What to expect on the assessment days and how to claim mitigating circumstances.
How to get your results, how assessments are marked, how to resit an assessment, or make an appeal.
What to expect when you get your results, and how to resit any assessments.
Read and download SQE reports.
Learn about what the SQE is, who it's for and how much it costs.
Find out what the SQE is and how it works.
Find out who's eligible to take the SQE, including exemptions.
Find out how much the SQE will cost and how you can pay for it.
Find out what candidates say about their experience of the SQE.
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A solicitor in a law firm has received a phone call from the managing director of a private limited company incorporated in the UK, which is a new client. The managing director wants to know why the solicitor’s firm is asking for documents to verify the identity of the company’s shareholder. The company’s shareholder lives in Brazil and owns and holds the entire shareholding of the company.
Which of the following responses best explains the advice the solicitor should give to the managing director?
A. The solicitor is under an obligation to identify and verify the identity of the company’s shareholder because the shareholder lives outside the UK.
B. The solicitor is under an obligation to identify and verify the identity of the company’s shareholder because the shareholder lives in Brazil.
C. The solicitor is under an obligation to identify and verify the identity of the company’s shareholder because the shareholder owns more than 25% of the shares.
D. The solicitor is under an obligation to identify and verify the identity of the company’s shareholder because of the structure of the company and the way the shares are held by the shareholder.
E. The solicitor is under an obligation to identify and verify the identity of the company’s shareholder because there is only one shareholder in the company.
C - The solicitor is under an obligation to identify and verify the identity of the company’s shareholder because the shareholder owns more than 25% of the shares.
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Find out what happens after passing the SQE and admission to the roll of solicitors.