Kings Inns Administrative Law Exam

mariamcregan

I am doing Kings Inns Admin law exam in May as I don't have it in my degree and it's a mandatory subject for the BL course. Does anyone know if are there any sample questions available? I know there are no past papers for the subject. I am studying myself for exam, I havn't been attending the KI course.

Any advice would be welcome!

Tom Young

www.courts.ie might be a good start, take a look (in detail) at Order 84 of the Rules of the Superior Courts.

Attending this might have been a good idea. I see from the publically available King's Inns website that certain notes are in-fact published: www.kingsinns.ie so without meaning to sound rude, "go read".

Mark DeBlacam's book is good too if not somewhat dated (sic).

Tom

mariamcregan

Yes I have the lecture handouts which are available on the website. What I was really wondering about was whether anyone who is attending the lectures would have any sample questions etc.

thomasini

HI

I am planning to sit the Admin Exam in May as i didnt do it as part of my degree course. I am studying for it myself and bought the book by Morgan & Hogan. Does anyone have the exam paper for May 2008 as it is not available on the Kings Inns website??

Also does anyone have any tips on how difficult the exam is....i only bought the book yesterday and have 3 weeks to study for it!!

thanks a mill.

ipnoland

Hi there,

I was wondering if you managed to get any past exam papers for Administrative Law or lecture notes?

I need to sit the exam so that I can apply to sit the entrance exams for the King's Inns.

Many thanks,
David

eagle_&_bear

thomasini wrote: »

HI

I am planning to sit the Admin Exam in May as i didnt do it as part of my degree course. I am studying for it myself and bought the book by Morgan & Hogan. Does anyone have the exam paper for May 2008 as it is not available on the Kings Inns website??

Also does anyone have any tips on how difficult the exam is....i only bought the book yesterday and have 3 weeks to study for it!!

thanks a mill.

In my opinion... 3 weeks and Hogan & Morgan is a receipe for disaster!! Its a fantastic book but its too big and you've too little time!

deBlacam and the Inns notes and make sure you've covered all the cases that are set out in the lecture notes.

I second Tom's advice re Order 84 on Courts.ie

eagle_&_bear

Kings Inns 2008 and 2009 Exam Papers and Examiners Reports

http://www.kingsinns.ie/website/prospective_students/JurisprudenceAdminLawPastPapers.htm

Curunina

Make sure to have a look at the Meadows case re unreasonableness as well! It's so recent and such a big potential change that I would imagine it's a reasonable bet.

Tom Young

Curunina wrote: »

Make sure to have a look at the Meadows case re unreasonableness as well! It's so recent and such a big potential change that I would imagine it's a reasonable bet.

+ 1, relatively hot off the press. Dunno if the Inns would examine it, but you're spot on.

johnnyskeleton

Curunina wrote: »

Make sure to have a look at the Meadows case re unreasonableness as well! It's so recent and such a big potential change that I would imagine it's a reasonable bet.

Here's a mnemonic for that case (thanks to BR from TPP):

Curunina

Ah yeah, I'm sure they won't ask on the case specifically, but I'd guess that unreasonableness will appear, on the basis that it's top of mind for everyone - and a mention of Meadows itself would be a big bonus factor?

Also - for the OP - the Inns used to give out a manual for the Admin course on the BL degree that was nice and concise, if you could get your hands on one of them it would certainly help? I might have mine lying around somewhere, I could post a photocopy (heavily scrawled) if you PM your address?

Curunina

Sorry for double post, but just remembered that the lecture notes are available online - so I would imagine there is no need for the manual after all...!

johnnyskeleton

Curunina wrote: »

Ah yeah, I'm sure they won't ask on the case specifically, but I'd guess that unreasonableness will appear, on the basis that it's top of mind for everyone - and a mention of Meadows itself would be a big bonus factor?

Perhaps, but could be digging a hole for oneself. Saying something like "In cases involving substantive issues of constitutional or human rights, the decision maker must not only have some evidence upon which to base their decision, but that decision must also be proportionate to the rights sought to be protected" is one interpretation, but it's open to other interpretations too.

Curunina

To be fair, all you would have to do is actually say is that the case is open to interpretation!! Or that it's a new development, the consequences of which are yet to be determined, or that the breadth with which the principle will be applied is undetermined, or anyone of a number of ambiguous sentences that just show you are aware of it, and have read it! I don't think anyone suggests that a definitive interpretation is required in order to get whatever credit is available for being up to date on important development!