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SKLaw

Aoibhin511 wrote: »

Yep I emailed them with screenshots

I did the same especially because mine has been approved even before 15 October and my email with them is correct

Lawwww2020

Aoibhin511 wrote: »

No, but it's barely been an hour, I wont get mad at them just yet

Haha thanks! I’ve emailed too so hopefully we will get sorted out soon

Hiya1234

Can I ask what people are covering for Contract?

Aoibhin511

Hiya1234 wrote: »

Can I ask what people are covering for Contract?

Offer and acceptance
Consideration (and briefly estoppel)
Formal requirements
Terms, exemption clauses and consumer protection
Mistake and missrepresentation
Undue influence and Duress
void and illegal contracts
Discharge
Remedies

also gonna have capacity and privity in my back pocket if I have time to cover them.

I got stung by not covering enough in contract before, so perhaps I'm being overly cautious, if you were going to leave anything from that list out capacity, privity, formal requirements and illegal/void contracts are probably the safest ones to ignore/skim

I am so disheartened.. this whole set up is a joke.

Lozg

StabiloLaw wrote: »

I did this question and mentioned a number of things.

Nervous Shock of Fred - that it needed to be foreseeable and proven by a medical practitioner, and proven that it was caused by the event.

Brought in Negligence to show it was foreseeable.

Mentioned Trespass to the person and said Sally verbally assaulted Fred unknowingly, causing him emotional distress to the point where he got physically sick (Kelly Principle requirement to show a real and describable illness).

Brought in Vicarious Liability for Harrison here as he should have seen Fred was likely to believe the situation, and Sally was working in the scope of her employment. Finished off with saying that Harrison breached his duty of care towards the individuals on his set but barely touched on this.

Not sure how well I did in the particular question, but I got a high pass in Tort overall and at the time, felt this was one of my better questions.

Can I ask which topics came up in the online tort paper please?

Lawlaw12

Aoibhin511 wrote: »

Yeah, but the website says if you didn't get it the two reasons are that you're not registered or you email address is wrong. Which is not the case for for me and the previous poster, and possibly many others

Oh sorry I didn't see that on the website, my bad!
I am registered and my email address is correct too so I'm in the same boat as you guys then

Aoibhin511

Lawlaw12 wrote: »

Oh sorry I didn't see that on the website, my bad!
I am registered and my email address is correct too so I'm in the same boat as you guys then

just shoot off an email to novemberfe1@lawsociety.ie

FE1_2020_

What are people covering for Equity ?

I have the following covered but feel like its not enough:

- Trustees 'Duties'
- Charitable Trusts & Cy-Pres
- Quia timet & Mandatory Interlocutory injunctions (Mareva omitted - appeared last March)
- Estoppel
- Undue Influence
- Specific Performance
- Rectification
- Secret Trusts
- Strong v Bird
- DMC

I am considering adding in Joint accounts & presumption of advancement but not sure. I feel like the above could be enough to hopefully pull five q's from the 8 on the day.

lsheehaneire

So if you are not using boards AND you did not receive a direct email then you are none the wiser about the exam being in typed format with approx 2 weeks to go. This really is an absolute disgrace.

StabiloLaw

Lozg wrote: »

Can I ask which topics came up in the online tort paper please?

From memory and a really quick glance I believe the following was covered:

- Employers Liability
- Damages essay
- Occupiers Liability/ Causation/ Battery
- Trespass/ Negligence
- Nuisance (Noise and smell)/ Occupiers Liability/ DOC
- Vicarious Liability essay
- Nervous Shock/ Trespass to the Person
- Difference between Contributory Negligence and Assumption of Risk essay

I think!! I've been rusty and obviously didn't do some of the above- if you want me to send you the paper, just DM me your email.

I will note I fell off my chair when I saw no defamation- I thought it was going to be a guarantee going forward...

ScatmanWhack

So they said more details were to be circulated today - has anybody heard anything yet? Wonder why updates, whenever they're actually provided, are always sent out so late.

JayFE1

FE1_2020_ wrote: »

What are people covering for Equity ?

I have the following covered but feel like its not enough:

- Trustees 'Duties'
- Charitable Trusts & Cy-Pres
- Quia timet & Mandatory Interlocutory injunctions (Mareva omitted - appeared last March)
- Estoppel
- Undue Influence
- Specific Performance
- Rectification
- Secret Trusts
- Strong v Bird
- DMC

I am considering adding in Joint accounts & presumption of advancement but not sure. I feel like the above could be enough to hopefully pull five q's from the 8 on the day.

Yeah, sounds good to me. I posted the other day about equity and PoA & Joint A/Cs and Constructive Trusts were topics that skipped my mind. I would do PoA and Joint A/Cs if you’re considering an extra topic. Secrets Trusts is a fascinating topic alright and it’s something I was on for Uni but not in the FE1s. I’m not saying it doesn’t come up but IMO there’s more value in spending the time elsewhere. You’ve probably already done your notes and learning it off now though. Strong v Bird is something I’d be on too but IIRC it’s asked as a 10 marker 2 outta 3 style question so IMO if you’re going to commit to it then look at the past papers and see what topics usually come up with it - The only one I can remember off the top of my head is satisfaction but there will be others. On Marevas, it’s something that was highly likely for March considering the previous two sittings and the popularity of it. It did come up but that’s not to say it won’t come up for you next month. Out of the three injunction topics, it has the highest probable value although that is reduced now by Marchs appearance. Just something to consider if you don’t want an extra topic but to maximise the chances of an existing one appearing. Best of luck for the exam pal!

FE1_2020_

JayFE1 wrote: »

Yeah, sounds good to me. I posted the other day about equity and PoA & Joint A/Cs and Constructive Trusts were topics that skipped my mind. I would do PoA and Joint A/Cs if you’re considering an extra topic. Secrets Trusts is a fascinating topic alright and it’s something I was on for Uni but not in the FE1s. I’m not saying it doesn’t come up but IMO there’s more value in spending the time elsewhere. You’ve probably already done your notes and learning it off now though. Strong v Bird is something I’d be on too but IIRC it’s asked as a 10 marker 2 outta 3 style question so IMO if you’re going to commit to it then look at the past papers and see what topics usually come up with it - The only one I can remember off the top of my head is satisfaction but there will be others. On Marevas, it’s something that was highly likely for March considering the previous two sittings and the popularity of it. It did come up but that’s not to say it won’t come up for you next month. Out of the three injunction topics, it has the highest probable value although that is reduced now by Marchs appearance. Just something to consider if you don’t want an extra topic but to maximise the chances of an existing one appearing. Best of luck for the exam pal!

Yeah I think your right about Secret Trusts, it was there on the last paper so the chances of it reappearing again are very remote. Joint accounts was there on the last paper also, so probably safer to go with POA this time around and hope for the best.

Point taken on Mareva, it has come up two papers in a row and could occur again next month, I'll go with Mareva and POA as an additional.

Thanks Jay, appreciate it!

Samuma

I still couldn't get through to the number. They said they would provide all details today and they still haven't done that. They need to let us know what's going on. Wonder is it time for 1850 715 815?

Don't suppose anyone is very good at guessing and can predict what will be on the Constitution paper??? Or what topics you're going to chance leaving out? In theory, how many cases should we be using for essay questions (working on the assumption that I use the right cases for the right topics in the first place!!).

I welcome advice or feedback from anyone who has passed it in the past

jus_me

Samuma wrote: »

I still couldn't get through to the number. They said they would provide all details today and they still haven't done that. They need to let us know what's going on. Wonder is it time for 1850 715 815?

Don't suppose anyone is very good at guessing and can predict what will be on the Constitution paper??? Or what topics you're going to chance leaving out? In theory, how many cases should we be using for essay questions (working on the assumption that I use the right cases for the right topics in the first place!!).

I welcome advice or feedback from anyone who has passed it in the past

Interested in predictions for constitutional too!!!

maggie95

This would have been a far less stressful way to have dealt with this entire situation:

- Take a shot every time the Law Society hangs up on you
- Take a shot every time the Law Society transfers your call to at least two different people
- Take a gulp every time the Law Society gives you information but it's incredibly vague and leaves you with even more questions
- Take a shot every time the Law Society's FE1 helpline rings out
- Down your drink for every time you've found out something from Boards before the Law Society had the decency to email or update website but instead update one person over phone
- Take a shot every time each of your exams is postponed
- Just take a massive drink every time you regret starting these bloody exams
- Also one which is particularly relevant for today, cheers and down your drink when the Law Society give a date to provide more information but unsurprisingly do not

FE1new

maggie95 wrote: »

This would have been a far less stressful way to have dealt with this entire situation:

- Take a shot every time the Law Society hangs up on you
- Take a shot every time the Law Society transfers your call to at least two different people
- Take a gulp every time the Law Society gives you information but it's incredibly vague and leaves you with even more questions
- Take a shot every time the Law Society's FE1 helpline rings out
- Down your drink for every time you've found out something from Boards before the Law Society had the decency to email or update website but instead update one person over phone
- Take a shot every time each of your exams is postponed
- Just take a massive drink every time you regret starting these bloody exams
- Also one which is particularly relevant for today, cheers and down your drink when the Law Society give a date to provide more information but unsurprisingly do not

You would be dead from alcohol poisoning..... ‚ in an hour

htnor

Aoibhin511 wrote: »

Yeah, but the website says if you didn't get it the two reasons are that you're not registered or you email address is wrong. Which is not the case for for me and the previous poster, and possibly many others

This is the exact same for me. My email is correct and application approved for weeks now - no email. They are unreal trying to act as if the issue is on our end! It seems the majority of people didn't get it.

They are saying anyone who didn't get it needs to email novemberfe1@lawsociety.ie by 11am on Monday - how are people who don't check boards going to know any of this!?

bkm2020

Same situation here - My email address and application have been approved and still didn't receive the same email update.

fe12020oct

Hey trying to narrow down my topics for constitutional. Would these be ok or am i missing anything substantial ??

Personal Rights
Equality
Religion
Family & Education
Interpretation
Locus Standi
Proportionality
SOP
Oireachtas
President & AG
Property
Inviolability of Dwelling
Freedom Expression/Association/Assembly
Amending Constitution
Due Course of Law

Samuma

OMG is there anything you're leaving out?? :eek:

I'm going to guess here and hope the stars align:

An essay on either the President or AG
Constitutional interpretation
Trial in due course of the law
Problem question on freedom of assembly
The case notes: Crotty/M v MJE/Kerins
Referendum problem question
and 2 SOP questions: Judicial independence, non delegation doctrine


And all of the above better come up cause that's what i've decided to limit myself to!

MrT_98

Guys I'm just wondering, are Bayer orders on the syllabus for Equity FE1?

maggie95

MrT_98 wrote: »

Guys I'm just wondering, are Bayer orders on the syllabus for Equity FE1?

Yes but almost never come up

sunnylegal

Anyone have a list of Equity topics they are studying?

Jeremiah25

jus_me wrote: »

Interested in predictions for constitutional too!!!

REPOST

Some Constitutional analysis for anyone interested:


SOP - Every sitting since March 2012. Last paper was very SOP heavy.
Art 40.3 - Only missed 2 appearances since 2011 (March & October 2016)
Trial in Due Course - Very popular question, appeared 5 times in last 7 sittings but not in March.
FO Expreesion - Another very popular topic that did not appear last round.
Private Property - Appeared in the last 6 sittings.
Equality - Every second sitting since Oct 2018, no appearance in last paper, may be due a run.
Family/Education - No appearance in either 2019 paper but featured in March.
Religion - Featured twice in 2019 but did not appear in March.
Referanda/Reform - Featured twice in 2019 but not in March, has never gone more than one paper without appearance since 2012.


Cons. Interpretation - hasn't been up in last 3 sittings, never gone more than 3 without an appearance.
Sovereignty - hasn't been up in last 3 sittings, never gone more than 3 without an appearance.
President/AG - hasn't appeared in last 4 sittings, may be due a run.

This is just what I have noted from my own analysis of past papers, I am open to correction! Hopefully might help for anyone taking Cons. in October

FE1new

sunnylegal wrote: »

Anyone have a list of Equity topics they are studying?

Injunctions (Mareva came up in March but I'm leaving it in with all the others).
Express Trusts (3 certainties, DMC and Strong v Bird - usually in 2 of 3)
Charitable Trusts and Cy Pres
Resulting Trusts (PoA, Joint A/C)
Recission (including undue influence)
Estoppel
Trustees
Tracing
Specific Performance

I hope I'll get 5Qs out of that and that i will remember it for the exam.

sunnylegal

FE1new wrote: »

Injunctions (Mareva came up in March but I'm leaving it in with all the others).
Express Trusts (3 certainties, DMC and Strong v Bird - usually in 2 of 3)
Charitable Trusts and Cy Pres
Resulting Trusts (PoA, Joint A/C)
Recission (including undue influence)
Estoppel
Trustees
Tracing
Specific Performance

I hope I'll get 5Qs out of that and that i will remember it for the exam.

Thanks a mill for these. If I studied all of these would I pass?

FE1new

sunnylegal wrote: »

Thanks a mill for these. If I studied all of these would I pass?

Haha I am hoping its enough but I haven't sat Equity before. I am judging it by previous papers.

Dliodoir2021

RE WILLIAMS TULLAMORE

I can't figure out whether the judge granted §212 (ex 205) or not? He seems to have said it was oppression but didn't.....arghhh idk! Any ideas? Would it be bad to just exclude it from my notes?