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To pass SQE2 candidates will need to obtain the overall pass mark for SQE2 .  \nThis sample question and discussion of answer is an example of a legal drafting assessment. This is a computer-based assessment and candidates will have 45 minutes to complete the task.  \nFor further details, see the SQE2 Assessment Specification.  \nPlease note that the sample questions are provided to give an indication of the type of tasks that candidates could be set. They do not represent all the material that will be covered in SQE2 .  \nFuture questions may not take exactly the same format.  \nQuestion and additional candidate papers  \nFrom: Partner  \nSent: 4 December 2025  \nTo: Candidate  \nSubject: Addison Builders Limited  \nYou will recall that we have been waiting for a response to the Letter Before Claim that we sent to Maria and Ian Humphries on behalf of Addison Builders Limited. The couple have instructed solicitors, Faulkners and Co. We have now received a letter in response, denying that any further payment is due to our client on the basis that there were significant defects in the work carried out by Addison Builders Limited.1 The allegation that there were significant defects is denied by our client.  \nI attach a draft initial statement from John Evans, the managing director of Addison Builders Limited , which should provide you with all the information you need. You will notice the draft initial statement at paragraph 4 refers to a written agreement. We do not have a copy of this at present but John Evans has assured me that he will provide it for us and that its terms are as stated in his witness statement so you should proceed on that basis.  \nWe are instructed to commence proceedings. I intend to send the Claim Form to the court for issue with the Particulars of Claim on 8 December 2025. Please draft the Particulars of Claim using the template provided. Some fields have been prepopulated by our case management system.  \nThe written agreement has no provision for interest so please include a claim for statutory interest pursuant to County Courts Act 1984 , s.69 at the rate of 8% per year, the figures for which are:  \n157 days to 8 December at 8% is £5,368.11 with a daily rate of £34.19 per day (note to candidates: you should assume these figures are correct) .  \nJohn Evans will sign the statement of truth.  \nThanks  \nPartner  \nATTACHMENTS:  \n1. Draft witness statement of John Evans  \n1 The letter of response is not supplied for the purposes of this assessment.  \n2. Particulars of Claim Template  \nNote to Candidates:  \nYou should provide your answer on the template provided.  \nPlease do not record your name on the answer template.  \nEND  \nAttachment 1  \nDraft statement of John Evans  \nI, John Evans of 4, Dawlish Road, London N3 4SS, will say as follows:  \n1. I am the managing director of Addison Builders Limited, a company based in North London. The company specialises in building and renovating luxury residential homes. I set up the company in 2018 with my two brothers and it is very much a family-run business.  \n2. On 2 September 2024 , I was contacted by Maria Humphries, who had been  \ngiven my name by a previous customer. Maria and her husband, Ian, had bought a very run-down property in North London (6 Highbury Way, N7 5RD), which had land around it. The couple wanted to transform this into a sixbedroom luxury house. They had already had the plans drawn up by the architect and had received planning permission for the build.  \n3. On 4 September 2024 , I visited Maria and Ian at the premises and drew up a detailed costing of the work involved. The work was extensive as the existing property was badly in need of renovation and needed to be extended to a sixbedroom property. 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