Course curriculum

    1. Assessment objectives

    2. What is solicitors' accounts about?

    3. Key definitions

    1. Overview of key concepts

    2. The SRA Accounts Rules

    3. Double entry bookkeeping

    4. Client money v office money

    5. Breaches of the rules

    1. Overview of solicitors' accounting systems

    2. Ledgers

    3. Recording transactions

    4. Accounting for bad debts

    5. Accounting for interest

    1. Overview of accounting for property transactions and VAT

    2. Deposits

    3. Mortgages

    4. Financial statements

    5. Value Added Tax

    1. Overview of other rules

    2. Joint accounts

    3. Operating a client’s own account

    4. Third party managed accounts

    5. Accountants’ reports and records

    1. Instructions

Business law

  • 24 lessons
  • 50 minutes of video content

Instructors

Jake Schogger

Co-founder & Lawyer

Jake Schogger is a best-selling commercial awareness author, ex-Magic Circle lawyer, co-founder of Law Student Academy, and the founder and CEO of legal careers platform Commercial Law Academy. He trained at Freshfields, then spent years at a boutique law firm advising start-ups and scale-ups on a range of corporate, commercial and employment matters. He has also worked extensively as a career coach, and continues to deliver employability and skills presentations at leading universities and law firms across the UK. Connect with Jake on LinkedIn via www.linkedin.com/in/jakeschogger

James Richardson

Co-founder & Lawyer

James is a highly experienced solicitor and author. He trained and qualified at major transatlantic firm Hogan Lovells. After a few years in their Commercial Litigation and Insurance team, James moved to the City to work as an underwriter on M&A deals. James also founded and ran Law Answered for a decade, where he wrote or co-wrote 42 different books for law students across the spectrum of graduate and postgraduate law courses. He now is Head of Legal, Risk and Compliance at a motor insurtech scaleup called Cuvva, which he joined as first in-house counsel shortly after their Series A fundraise.

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In short, because our courses have been created and delivered by experienced lawyers and tutors, including lawyers who have trained and practiced at leading international law firms, managed legal teams, and authored and sold hundreds of thousands of study guides and books.

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  • Thousands of MCQs, each with detailed explanations of why the answers are correct or incorrect.

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  • Three tiers of mock exams, including topic-specific, course-specific, and SQE-wide MCQ assessments.

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  • Includes a consolidated glossary of key definitions from throughout the course, as well as links to the key legislation mentioned.

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