Revise SQE Written Skills for SQE2: Questions & Answers in Criminal Litigation

by Philip Cowburn, Amy Sixsmith (Editor), David Sixsmith (Editor)

Overview

Written Skills in Criminal Litigation is an SQE2 revision guide for the SQE2 legal skills specification. It demonstrates how you will be assessed at SQE2 in the legal skills of Case and Matter Analysis, Legal Research, Legal Writing and Legal Drafting, in the context of Criminal Litigation. The book makes clear links to SQE1 Functioning Legal Knowledge to help you understand how the law you learnt in SQE1 can be applied in practice, and there are SQE2-style sample questions to build your confidence in answering assessment questions.

Each chapter contains an introductory section, followed by two SQE2-style practice questions with sample answers, and detailed commentary illustrating how the answers compare to the SRA’s competency requirements.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781914213991
Publisher:	Revise SQE
Publication date:	01/31/2026
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	120

About the Author

Philip G. Cowburn is a Barrister, and a former Senior Lecturer in Law. Philip’s academic career focussed on the teaching, assessment, and external examination of Criminal Law and Procedure, together with associated modules, on a wide variety of undergraduate, postgraduate, and professional courses. Philip is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Dr Amy Sixsmith is an Associate Professor in Law and undergraduate LL.B. programme leader at the University of Sunderland. She has taught on undergraduate and postgraduate law courses for 12 years, and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She was one of the academic leads involved in transforming the University’s LL.B. programme to comply with the specification of the Solicitors Qualifying Examination, and has taught English Legal System to both law and non-law students.  

Dr David Sixsmith is an Assistant Professor at Northumbria University.  He was previously a Senior Lecturer in Law and the programme leader for the Legal Practice Course and postgraduate SQE provision at the University of Sunderland. He is a non-practising solicitor and has previously been a partner at a high street firm. He is heavily involved with developing profession-facing legal education and teaches Dispute Resolution and Wills & Administration of Estates.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Case and Matter Analysis
Legal Research
Legal Writing
Legal Drafting
Conclusion