Viv Law Tutor

What Viv Law Tutor does

Viv Law Tutor (also trading as 'Law Tutor') is a London-based sole proprietorship offering private law tuition and related academic and legal services to UK law students and legal professionals. Founded in 2003 by a practising Barrister at Law (Lincoln's Inn, called 2007) holding an LLB and LLM with Distinction, the business delivers personalised one-to-one tutoring sessions priced at £160 per 60 minutes, alongside a marking and proofreading service from £240, downloadable law notes, and law textbooks published under the Private Law Tutor Publishing imprint via Amazon and Waterstones. Curriculum coverage spans LLB, GDL, PGDL, LLM, LPC, SQE1, SQE2, and Bar Course stages.

The underlying delivery stack is straightforward: sessions are conducted online via WhatsApp and Zoom (approximately 90% of activity), with the London office (Sixth Floor, International House, 223 Regent Street) serving as a base. The website (lawtutor.co.uk) functions as the booking system, content hub, and e-commerce storefront, supplemented by free utilities — an OSCOLA citation generator, plagiarism checker, paraphrasing tool, and grade calculator — used as top-of-funnel content marketing. The founder also offers Employment Tribunal advisory and representation services (ET3 drafting, preliminary hearings, Employment Appeal Tribunal appeals) priced £750–£1,000+ per matter to both individual claimants and employer defendants.

The business model combines time-bound professional services revenue (tutoring hours, marking, tribunal work) with one-time digital content sales (notes, textbooks) and passive royalty-style income from third-party book distribution. Go-to-market is direct-to-consumer, supported by content marketing, organic search, free resources, and word-of-mouth referrals; there is no paid acquisition infrastructure. The operation is bootstrapped and founder-owned with no external investors, no parent company, no institutional funding, and no disclosed ownership changes; the tutor is the sole service provider with administrative support for bookings, and the firm has operated continuously for 15+ years maintaining a 5.0-star rating.

Name

Viv Law Tutor

Legal name

Law Tutor

Website

https://lawtutor.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

London-based sole proprietorship offering one-to-one private law tutoring at £160/session, academic marking, employment tribunal advisory, and published law textbooks for UK law students across LLB, GDL, SQE, LPC, and Bar Course stages, delivered online via Zoom and WhatsApp.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Education Services

NAICS

Exam Preparation and Tutoring (611691), Educational Services (61)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Certification & Exam Prep eLearning Modules (EDAGAEAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Law & Legal Studies (EDAGABAH), Law School Continuing Legal Education (CLE) & Executive Programs (EDAHAIAH), Legal & Compliance (CLE, Paralegal CE) (EDAAALAB)

Keywords

• Law tutoring services
• Legal education tuition
• Bar exam preparation
• Employment tribunal advisory
• Law essay marking

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. One-to-One Law Tutoring: Personalized private tuition sessions at £160 per 60 minutes. Includes subject-specific learning, exam technique, and familiarisation with exam-style questions. Students can book sessions for various law courses including LLB, GDL, PGDL, LLM, MA, LPC, SQE, and Bar Course.
2. Marking and Proofreading Service: Detailed law essay marking and proofreading service priced from £240. Provides feedback on approach, arguments, structure, referencing, and sources. Word count tiers available from 1.5K to 15K words.
3. Law Notes and E-Resources: Digital law notes and Q&A resources sold through the website and Amazon. Includes Core Series (general principles and cases), Q&A Series (exam preparation), and Subject Series. Some notes available as free PDFs with premium versions for purchase.
4. Employment Law Advisory Services: Expert support for Employment Tribunal claims including drafting ET3 Grounds of Resistance, strategic advice, and representation. Prices range from £750 for Preliminary Hearing to £1,000+ for Employment Appeals Tribunal.
5. Trial Session Consultations: 60-minute telephone consultation sessions for developing study plans and strategies. Trial sessions available for various courses including LLB, GDL, SQE1, SQE2, BAR COURSE, and NON-LAW.
6. Published Law Textbooks: Law textbooks published by Private Law Tutor Publishing and sold through Amazon and Waterstones. Includes Core Series, Q&A Series, and Subject Series.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Viv Law Tutor delivers personalised one-to-one online law tutoring at £160 per 60-minute session via Zoom and WhatsApp, covering LLB, GDL, PGDL, LLM, SQE, LPC, and Bar Course curricula. The practice complements tutoring with paid essay marking and proofreading services (from £240), employment law advisory and tribunal representation services (£750–£1,000+), and digital law notes plus printed textbooks sold through Amazon and Waterstones under the Private Law Tutor Publishing imprint.

Product overview

Viv Law Tutor is a premier private law tuition service offering personalized one-on-one tutoring from an experienced Barrister and Law Professor. The service operates primarily as an online tutoring platform supplemented by study materials and digital tools. The core offering is the Law Tutoring service (£160/session), which is complemented by a Marking and Proofreading Service, Trial Sessions, and various Employment Law advisory services. The company also provides digital educational resources including e Law Resources (Core Series and Q&A Series), downloadable Law Notes, and online tools (OSCOLA Generator, Plagiarism Checker, Paraphrasing Tool). Additionally, the company publishes law textbooks through Private Law Tutor Publishing, organized into Core Series, Q&A Series, and Subject Series available via Amazon and Waterstones.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Private Law Tutor Publishing: Publishing arm that publishes law textbooks including Core Series, Q&A Series, and Subject Series for LLB, GDL, PGDL, MA, SQE, LPC, and Bar Course students. Available via Amazon and Waterstones.

Products and services

• Law Tutoring Personalised private one-to-one law tuition sessions priced at £160 per 60 minutes, delivered online via WhatsApp and Zoom. Includes subject-specific learning, exam technique development, and familiarisation with exam-style questions for law students across LLB, GDL, PGDL, LLM, LPC, SQE, and Bar Course stages.
• Marking and Proofreading Service
• Trial Session Law Tuition
• Employment Tribunal Claims Service
• Defending Employment Tribunal Claim Service
• Employment Appeal Tribunal Service
• Preliminary Hearing Service
• Formal Grievance Letter Service
• Expert UK Employment Law Advice
• Q&A Series E Law Resources
• Core Series E Law Resources
• Law Notes
• Core Series Law Textbooks
• Q&A Series Law Textbooks
• Subject Series Law Textbooks

Quantifiable outcome

• Students leave sessions enriched with a firm understanding and clear plan for approaching their studies
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• BARBRI: BARBRI is a global bar and SQE exam preparation company with a UK operation offering SQE1 and SQE2 prep courses, practice questions, and adaptive study tools. It is a direct peer in legal exam preparation, targeting the same SQE/LPC/Bar candidate segment that Viv Law Tutor serves, though at much larger scale with structured online programmes.
• QLTSchool: QLTSchool is an online SQE preparation provider offering SQE1 and SQE2 courses, mock exams, and tutor support. It directly competes with Viv Law Tutor in the SQE preparation market, though it operates via structured online courses rather than one-to-one barrister-led tutoring.

Others

• Sweet & Maxwell: Sweet & Maxwell is a major UK legal publisher producing textbooks, practitioner texts, and law student study aids used across LLB, LPC, and SQE syllabuses. It is a complementary publisher whose law textbooks overlap with the content library Viv Law Tutor sells via Amazon and Waterstones.
• Oxford University Press Law: Oxford University Press publishes widely adopted law textbooks and casebooks used across UK LLB and postgraduate programmes. Its Core Text series and student law titles directly compete with Viv Law Tutor's Core Series textbooks on Amazon and Waterstones, making it an adjacent content ecosystem peer.
• LexisNexis UK: LexisNexis UK is a leading legal information provider offering case law, legislation, textbooks, and digital study tools. It is an adjacent content provider whose case summaries, OSCOLA reference materials, and textbooks partially overlap with Viv Law Tutor's notes and OSCOLA generator offerings, making it an ecosystem player rather than a direct competitor.

Broad incumbents

• BPP University Law School: BPP is one of the UK's largest private legal training providers, offering SQE1, SQE2, LPC, and Bar Course preparation alongside LLB and LLM programmes. It is a broad incumbent in legal education that competes for the same student pipeline Viv Law Tutor serves, though it operates at vastly greater scale and offers formal qualifications rather than supplementary tutoring.
• University of Law: The University of Law is the UK's largest dedicated law school and a leading provider of SQE, LPC, Bar, and postgraduate law programmes. It is a broad incumbent that overlaps with Viv Law Tutor across LLB, GDL, LPC, SQE, and Bar Course preparation, though it delivers structured degree programmes rather than one-to-one private tuition.

Emerging players

• The College of Legal Practice: The College of Legal Practice is an emerging SQE training provider offering SQE1, SQE2, and LPC conversion programmes. It overlaps with Viv Law Tutor's professional qualification tutoring segment but focuses on full qualification pathways rather than one-to-one tutoring.

Market position

Strengths2 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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