EU Referendum

The Solicitors Regulation Authority will require solicitors of England and Wales to continue to have a working knowledge of EU law in order to be able to advise clients in the short and medium term. Until specifically stated otherwise, QLTS candidates will be assessed on EU law as it is in force immediately before 31 October 2019, whether or not the UK withdraws from the EU on that date.

Professional Conduct: November 2019 OSCE

The content of the new SRA Handbook (part of the SRA's Looking to the Future programme of regulatory reform, proposed for publication 2019) will not be assessed in the November 2019 OSCE.

New Westlaw UK Platform : November 2019 OSCE

Please note that Westlaw has upgraded its platform and candidates will be provided with the new Westlaw UK platform during the Part 2 OSCE assessments. In previous OSCEs candidates have not had access to Practical Law and this position will not change following the move to the new Westlaw UK platform; candidates will not have access to material available to subscribers of Practical Law.

Whilst Practical Law will be visible in the product dropdown menu, candidates will NOT have access to Practical Law, either via the product dropdown menu or via hyperlinks within Westlaw UK. Candidates should not attempt to access Practical Law as this will waste valuable assessment time.

Training & Kaplan QLTS

Kaplan is the authorised assessment provider for the SRA and accordingly Kaplan is not authorised to provide training courses preparing candidates to attempt the QLTS. Kaplan has recently become aware some candidates have been contacted by an entity purporting to be Kaplan QLTS offering training courses. Such person(s) are not associated with Kaplan. Both the SRA and Kaplan would ask candidates to refer all such communications to them for investigation.

Important – Upcoming Deadlines

January 2020 MCT – Booking with Pearson VUE Deadline: 17:00 UK Time on 27th November 2019.

Candidates must have registered with Kaplan QLTS by the registration deadline in order to be able to book a place on the MCT.

Please note bookings for QLTS exams are not finalised until full payment has been made.

Booking for QLTS assessments

You are advised to book early to secure a place on all QLTS assessments, and in any case well before the booking deadline. Places are limited and candidates who wait until close to the booking deadline risk finding that the assessment is already full. Payment must be made in full to secure a booking.

Breaches of Assessment Regulations

All candidates for QLTS assessments are required to acknowledge that the content of each assessment is confidential and that they will not disclose or discuss any of the content to any other party. It has come to our attention that candidates are breaching this regulation and thereby committing an assessment offence by discussing past assessments with Training Providers. Please note that the SRA regard any deliberate assessment offence as a potential character and suitability issue which could lead to a candidate being refused admission as a solicitor of England and Wales. If you are asked by a Training Provider or anybody else to provide information about QLTS assessments you have sat we would ask that you report this matter to both Kaplan and the SRA for investigation.