u/Beneficial-Dress905

If I forget to ask something important during an interview and only realise when writing my attendance note, is it better to record it as a “next step” to obtain further instructions from the client, rather than assume an answer?

For example, if I forgot to ask about alterations when taking instructions for a commercial lease, should I:
- note in the attendance note that further instructions are needed regarding whether alterations will be permitted; or
- assume a position and write that the client did not want to allow alterations?

I assume it is safer and more appropriate not to invent client instructions, but I just wanted to check best practice for SQE2 since they are separate.

I sat my SQE2 written exams last week and I can’t stop replaying everything I might have got wrong.

Is anyone else finding that, now you’ve had a bit of time after the exams, you’re suddenly remembering loads of mistakes? The frustrating part for me is that a lot of them weren’t things I didn’t know - they were things I knew but just didn’t come out under pressure.

In the moment, it felt like everything was happening too fast- trying to read the question properly, pick out the key issues, structure something coherent, and actually demonstrate the right skills. Because of that, I definitely missed key buzzwords and points that I know I’ve revised. It’s like my brain just couldn’t access them quickly enough.

I’m also worried because some of what I wrote was probably just… wrong. Not completely off, but advice that wasn’t quite accurate. I keep thinking about whether that will drag my marks down, even if other parts were fine. I don’t think there was one answer of mine where I didn’t get all the law right.

Legal research especially felt like a disaster for me, and even in drafting there were moments where I realised (too late) that I’d gone down the wrong route. I remember literally seeing the clock and thinking “that’s not right” - but not having time to fix it.

I know there must have been things I did well too, but it’s so much easier to focus on the mistakes.

Is anyone else feeling like this? And with orals coming up this week/next week, I’m a bit worried the same thing will happen again - knowing the content, but not being able to execute it properly under time pressure, and not having time to check anything at the end.

Would be really reassuring to hear if others are in the same boat.