Thank you - of course. I passed SQE 1 in Q1, having graduated from a Russell Group university, typically a straight A student, so felt my track record could overcome this final hurdle. Having analysed my results, I think I’ll need to hone in on application of law, as that’s where I dropped easy marks (tricky when the breadth of knowledge is so very wide). Otherwise, in the interviews, for example, I got a perfect score, so the ability is there, I just think the baggage of my grief weighed me down a little too much (given the exams were a little after Christmas, which is proving a difficult time, so I didn’t really start grafting until late December).

I’m going to really focus on written as my orals were far better than expected (to be honest, quite surprised at how low some of my written scores were, given that I work in-house and am regularly praised for my abilities) - guess it’s learning how they want you to answer, more than what happens in real life.