Recommended Books for Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test (QLTT)
Authorised materials
The object of the Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test is to test a candidate's ability to apply legal principles to certain areas of English law, wherever possible in a practical fashion by the use of case studies. It is not a test of mere memory. A candidate may therefore take into the examination certain authorised materials as follows:
Head I (Property) and Head II (Litigation)
Any textbook, statute, statutory instrument, code of conduct and approved study manuals. An approved study manual is one published by BPP Professional Courses or the College of Law for the purpose of preparing a candidate for the QLTT. Study notes and handouts are also permitted including specimen and past questions and answers.
Authorised materials can be highlighted, underlined, and annotated.
Head III (Professional Conduct and Accounts)
The Guide to the Professional Conduct of Solicitors; any textbook, statute, statutory instrument, code of conduct and approved study manuals. An approved study manual is one published by BPP Professional Courses or the College of Law for the purpose of preparing a candidate for the QLTT. Study notes and handouts are also permitted including specimen and past questions and answers.
Authorised materials can be highlighted, underlined, and annotated.
Head IV (Principles of the Common Law)
Any textbook, statute, statutory instrument, code of conduct, rules, study manual or other written material.
Authorised materials can be highlighted, underlined, and annotated.
Recommended textbooks
All these books are available to purchase from the websites below and specialist law bookshops.
Head I: Property
Land Law: | Textbook on Land Law; MacKenzie and Phillips; Oxford University Press; www.oup.co.uk/law |
Conveyancing: | A Practical Approach to Conveyancing; Abbey & Richards; Oxford University Press; www.oup.co.uk/law |
Wills & Probate: | Wills, Administration and Taxation; Barlow, King and King; Sweet & Maxwell; www.sweetandmaxwell.co.uk/products |
Head II: Litigation
The Legal System: | The English Legal Process; Ingman; Oxford University Press; www.oup.co.uk/law |
Principles of Evidence: | Murphy on Evidence; Murphy; Oxford University Press; www.oup.co.uk/law |
Civil Litigation: | A Practical Approach to Civil Litigation; Sime; Oxford University Press; www.oup.co.uk/law Please note any texts predating the Civil Procedure Rules 1999 (implemented from 26 April 1999) are out of date and should not be used. |
Criminal Litigation: | Emmins on Criminal Procedure; Oxford University Press; www.oup.co.uk/law |
Head III: Professional Conduct and Accounts
Professional Conduct: | The Guide to the Professional Conduct of Solicitors; subsequent Professional Standards Bulletins |
Accounts: | Accounts for Solicitors; Halberstadt; Sweet & Maxwell; www.sweetandmaxwell.co.uk/products |
Head IV: Principles of the Common Law
Contract: | Textbook on Contract; J Poole; Oxford University Press; www.oup.co.uk/law |
Land Law and Conveyancing: | Textbook on Land Law; MacKenzie and Phillips; Oxford University Press; www.oup.co.uk/law |
Tort: | Law of Torts, Harpwood; Cavendish; www.cavendishpublishing.com |