FLK1 practice questions with worked answers

These FLK1 practice questions are four original single best answer items, each with the correct answer and a reason why the other options fail. Try them cold, then read the FLK1 guide and take more questions in our SQE1 practice question bank.

How to approach a single best answer question

Each FLK1 question has five options and one correct answer. Read the last sentence first, to see what is asked. Then read the stem for facts, and decide your answer before you read the options. Test each option against the rule. Several will be true statements of law that do not answer this question. The task is to find the single best option on these facts.

The four examples below are original and written for practice. Each one shows the reasoning and why the wrong options are tempting. Law is as at 2026 for England and Wales. For each question, try to answer before you read the explanation.

Four worked questions

Question 1: Contract Law (offer and revocation)

On Monday, Bruno wrote to Anya offering to sell her a used van for £8,000 and said, "This offer will stay open until Friday." On Wednesday, Bruno sold the van to Carl. Later on Wednesday, Bruno's business partner told Anya that Bruno had sold the van to Carl. On Thursday, Anya posted a letter accepting Bruno's offer. Which of the following best describes the legal position?

• A. A contract was formed on Thursday, because Bruno promised to keep the offer open until Friday.
• B. A contract was formed on Thursday, because acceptance by post takes effect when posted.
• C. No contract was formed, because Bruno's offer was revoked before Anya accepted and Anya knew of it from a reliable source.
• D. No contract was formed, because revocation of an offer is effective only if Bruno himself tells Anya.
• E. No contract was formed, because acceptance by post is never effective for the sale of a vehicle.

Answer: C. An offer can be withdrawn at any time before acceptance, even if the offeror promised to keep it open, unless that promise is supported by consideration (Routledge v Grant). Revocation must be communicated, but it can be communicated by a reliable third party (Dickinson v Dodd). Anya learned of the sale from Bruno's business partner before she posted her acceptance, so the offer had ended.

• A is wrong: a bare promise to keep an offer open is not binding without consideration.
• B is wrong: the postal rule applies only if there is still an offer to accept.
• C is correct: the offer was revoked and Anya knew of it from a reliable source before accepting.
• D is wrong: revocation need not come from the offeror himself.
• E is wrong: there is no rule that postal acceptance cannot form a contract for a vehicle.

Question 2: Tort (remoteness and the eggshell skull)

Dev negligently drives into the back of Ellie's stationary car at low speed. Ellie suffers a minor whiplash injury. Because of a pre-existing vulnerability, she develops a serious psychiatric illness that prevents her working for a year. Dev accepts he was negligent. Which of the following best describes Dev's liability for the psychiatric illness?

• A. Dev is not liable, because psychiatric illness was not reasonably foreseeable as a result of a low-speed collision.
• B. Dev is liable for the whole illness, because he must take his victim as he finds her once some personal injury of a foreseeable type is shown.
• C. Dev is liable for the whole illness only if he knew of Ellie's vulnerability.
• D. Dev is liable only for the whiplash, because the illness was caused partly by Ellie's own condition.
• E. Dev is liable only if Ellie can show she was a person of ordinary fortitude.

Answer: B. A defendant is liable for the full extent of personal injury where some injury of that kind was reasonably foreseeable, even if the claimant's vulnerability makes the harm much worse (the eggshell skull rule; Smith v Leech Brain; Page v Smith). Personal injury was foreseeable from a collision, and the law does not require the exact extent of harm to be foreseen.

• A is wrong: the test is whether personal injury was foreseeable, not the precise form or extent.
• B is correct: Dev takes Ellie as he finds her.
• C is wrong: knowledge of the vulnerability is not required.
• D is wrong: a pre-existing condition does not reduce liability for the full loss.
• E is wrong: ordinary fortitude is a rule about secondary victims in some cases, not a limit on the eggshell skull rule.

Question 3: Business Law and Practice (directors and property transactions)

Nova Ltd has net assets of £2,000,000 according to its latest accounts. Its director, Sana, proposes to sell a plot of land she owns to Nova Ltd for £150,000. The land has been independently valued at £150,000. Sana says no approval is needed because the price is less than 10% of Nova Ltd's net assets. Which of the following best describes the position under the Companies Act 2006?

• A. No approval is needed, because the price is a fair market value.
• B. No approval is needed, because the price is below 10% of the company's net assets.
• C. Approval by the board alone is enough, as Sana will not vote.
• D. Approval by the company's members is required, because the value exceeds £100,000.
• E. Approval by the members is required only if the land is worth more than £5,000 and over 10% of the company's net assets.

Answer: D. Under section 190 of the Companies Act 2006 a company may not enter a substantial property transaction with a director unless the members approve it (normally by ordinary resolution) before the arrangement is made. Under section 191, a transaction is substantial if the value exceeds £100,000, or exceeds 10% of net assets and £5,000. £150,000 exceeds £100,000, so approval is needed even though 10% of net assets is £200,000. Without approval the transaction is voidable at the company's option (section 195).

• A is wrong: fair value does not remove the need for approval.
• B is wrong: the 10% test is an alternative, not the only test.
• C is wrong: section 190 requires approval of the members, not only the board.
• D is correct: the £100,000 limb is met.
• E is wrong: it states only the second limb as if it were the only test.

Question 4: Dispute Resolution (service of the claim form)

A claim form was issued on Tuesday 6 January 2026. The claimant sent it by first class post to the defendant's address for service on Friday 1 May 2026. Monday 4 May 2026 was a bank holiday. Using the Civil Procedure Rules, which of the following is correct?

• A. The claim form is deemed served on Monday 4 May 2026.
• B. The claim form is deemed served on Tuesday 5 May 2026, within the four-month period.
• C. The claim form is deemed served on Wednesday 6 May 2026, and the claimant took the relevant step in time.
• D. The claim form is deemed served on Wednesday 6 May 2026, which is out of time.
• E. The claim form is deemed served on Friday 1 May 2026, when posted.

Answer: C. A claim form must be served by completing a step under CPR 7.5 before midnight on the calendar day four months after issue, here 6 May 2026. Posting on 1 May completes that step. Under CPR 6.14 a claim form is deemed served on the second business day after the step. Saturday, Sunday and the bank holiday are not business days, so Tuesday 5 May is the first business day and Wednesday 6 May the second.

• A is wrong: a bank holiday is not a business day.
• B is wrong: this counts only one business day.
• C is correct: deemed service is 6 May and the step was taken in time.
• D is wrong: time is measured by the step in CPR 7.5, taken on 1 May.
• E is wrong: deemed service is not the date of posting.

What the examiner is testing

• Whether you can spot the legal issue in a short story.
• Whether you know the rule well enough to apply it, not only to recite it.
• Whether you can reject plausible distractors: true law that does not answer the question.
• Whether you notice details in the stem, such as dates, figures and who knew what.

You do not need to remember case names to answer. Know the principle. Case names matter only where the case is the normal name for the rule.

Common mistakes and a checklist

• Choosing the first option that sounds right.
• Ignoring a number in the stem (Question 3 turns on one).
• Answering the question you expected, not the one asked.
• Not timing yourself: practise at about 108 seconds a question, the pace of a session from January 2027, and keep a flag-and-return habit.

1. Read the question sentence first.
2. Identify the topic and the rule.
3. Predict an answer before looking.
4. Eliminate options that are wrong in law or on the facts.
5. Choose the strongest of what remains.

For more questions with explanations, see our SQE1 practice questions page and the FLK1 guide, or try our free SQE1 sample questions.

Questions

Related

• FLK1: subjects, sessions and how to study
• SQE1 practice questions: how to answer single best answer items
• SQE1 Contract Law
• SQE1 Business Law and Practice

Sources: SRA: SQE1 Assessment Specification (from 1 September 2026); Law Society: SQE1 and SQE2 assessments; Legislation.gov.uk: Companies Act 2006. Checked 10 November 2026.