The TOLES Foundation Certificate

The TOLES Foundation Exam is the right level for you:
- If you have JUST STARTED to learn commercial legal English, and
- If your general English is AT LEAST at elementary/lower intermediate level (A2+)
Quick snapshot of the TOLES Foundation Exam
- Secure online exam
- 90 minutes in duration
- Tests legal English reading and writing skills
- Ten sections with 90 questions in total
- 80 multiple-choice questions
- 10 free text (you type in the answer) questions.
- Available in January/March/May/June/August/November each year
- You will obtain the TOLES Foundation certificate.

The TOLES Foundation Exam is the right level for you:
- If you have JUST STARTED to learn commercial legal English, and
- If your general English is AT LEAST at elementary/lower intermediate level (A2+)
Quick snapshot of the TOLES Foundation Exam
- Secure online exam
- 90 minutes in duration
- Tests legal English reading and writing skills
- Ten sections with 90 questions in total
- 80 multiple-choice questions
- 10 free text (you type in the answer) questions.
- Available in January/March/May/June/August/November each year
- You will obtain the TOLES Foundation certificate.
SEE AN EXAMPLE TOLES FOUNDATION EXAM

SEE AN EXAMPLE TOLES FOUNDATION EXAM
Quick TOLES Foundation Exam syllabus
The TOLES Foundation exam tests your knowledge of English legal vocabulary and elementary/lower intermediate English grammar in the following areas:
- The details of real court cases
- Banks accounts and loans
- Contracts in common law systems
- Oral and written contracts
- Sole trader businesses
- Traditional partnerships and LLPs
- Limited companies
- Bankruptcy and insolvency
- Disputes and litigation
- Landlord and tenant
- The law of tort
- The liability of businesses for negligence
- The liability of businesses for nuisance
- Employment law
- Copyright, patents and trademarks
- Alternatives to litigation
- How the common law works.
About the exam
Foundation syllabus
Study materials
About the exam
- This is an online exam
- You should take 90 minutes to do this exam
- There are ten sections with 90 questions in total
- 80 multiple-choice questions
- 10 free text (you type in the answer) questions.
- This exam is proctored
- You will receive your result by email within 7 working days
- The hard copy of your certificate will be sent after 30 days
Foundation syllabus
Quick TOLES Foundation Exam syllabus
The TOLES Foundation exam tests your knowledge of English legal vocabulary and elementary/lower intermediate English grammar in the following areas:
- The details of real court cases
- Banks accounts and loans
- Contracts in common law systems
- Oral and written contracts
- Sole trader businesses
- Traditional partnerships and LLPs
- Limited companies
- Bankruptcy and insolvency
- Disputes and litigation
- Landlord and tenant
- The law of tort
- The liability of businesses for negligence
- The liability of businesses for nuisance
- Employment law
- Copyright, patents and trademarks
- Alternatives to litigation
- How the common law works.
Study materials
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The Big Legal English Quiz Book
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Twenty Real Cases from the Common Law Courts
£20.00 Add to basket -
Listenings for Professional Legal English
£15.00 Add to basket -
An Essential A-Z of Business Law
£10.00 Add to basket -
The Vocabulary of Employment Law
£20.00 Add to basket -
The Vocabulary of Commercial Contracts
£20.00 Add to basket -
Advanced Legal English
£32.00 Add to basket -
‘The LELC: Higher Level’ (B1/B2)
£32.00 Add to basket -
‘The LELC: Foundation Level’ (A2/B1)
£28.00 Add to basket -
‘Both Lawyer’s English Language Coursebooks: Special Offer’
£45.00 Add to basket