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Pl1234 · 08-03-2018 02:09PM

Thank you!

BASHBAG · 08-03-2018 02:18PM

Gunslinger92 wrote: »

Sure thing!
Q.1: institutions (parliament, commission and council)
Q.2: general principles
Q.3: case note question
Q.4: direct effect and member state liability
Q.5: judicial review
Q.6: free movement of goods in particular art. 110
Q.7: free movement of goods arts 34-36
Q.8: free movement of workers, citizenship

I'd recommend looking at the Zambrano case as I reckon it'll come up in the case note question

Much appreciated. Wow that was a dream of a paper...lucky b******s!!!

Thanks for the tip, I went over citizenship last night so hopefully Zambrano is fairly drilled in.

LegalAnna · 08-03-2018 02:38PM

I'm doing company law and I'm doing the following topics:
SLP
Ultra Vires
Directors
Liquidation
Corporate authority
Distribution of assets
Shareholder protection
Borrowing
Restriction & disqualification
Share transfer

Is this enough? Really panicking at this stage!

Lumi77 · 08-03-2018 03:17PM

LegalAnna wrote: »

I'm doing company law and I'm doing the following topics:
SLP
Ultra Vires
Directors
Liquidation
Corporate authority
Distribution of assets
Shareholder protection
Borrowing
Restriction & disqualification
Share transfer

Is this enough? Really panicking at this stage!

That is enough , you should be fine.

ArthurDayne · 08-03-2018 04:05PM

LegalAnna wrote: »

I'm doing company law and I'm doing the following topics:
SLP
Ultra Vires
Directors
Liquidation
Corporate authority
Distribution of assets
Shareholder protection
Borrowing
Restriction & disqualification
Share transfer

Is this enough? Really panicking at this stage!

I think fine too. It's worth maybe taking a look at the CA2014 reforms topic too. There is every chance that, hopefully, given the absolute massacre that was the last Company paper -- maybe a nice 2014 Act reforms question will be in there instead of a random one on SAP!!

SM1803 · 08-03-2018 04:28PM

any advice on what to focus on for contract?

yournerd · 08-03-2018 05:20PM

Any genuine predictions for constitutional?

Robbie25808 · 08-03-2018 06:38PM

Joan and David are the only directors and equal shareholders in Fresh Air Limited (the
“Company”) which operates an outdoor adventure business based in the west of Ireland. The
Company owns approximately 50 acres of mountainous terrain on which it operates its
business. An opportunity has arisen to acquire a neighbouring mountain from a company owned
50:50 by David and his brother Bart, called DB Limited, which has agreed to sell the mountain
to the Company for €400,000 or lease the mountain to the Company for 20 years at a rent of
€15,000 per annum.
You are required to advise Joan and David on the proposed sale (or lease) of the mountain to
the Company from DB Limited, having regard to each of the following:

(a) Section 194 of the Companies Act 1963,
(b) Sections 29 and 31 of the Companies Act 1990, and
(c) Their common law fiduciary duties as directors of the Company

Anybody have a sample answer for this question really struggling?

coolusername95 · 08-03-2018 09:18PM

FreeFallin94 wrote: »

Would anyone be able to tell me if in DPP v Bolger the appellant was entitled to rely on the DPP v. Damache decision retrospectively.

As far as I can tell, Bolger wasn't allowed to rely on Damache as the issue regarding s29 was not raised during trial. His appeal was pending though. Cronin can be contrasted with it, it wasn't raised at trial but that was an exeception- interests of justice, counsel makes good argument for not raising issue.

coolusername95 · 08-03-2018 09:26PM

which institutions of the state are people focusing on for constitutional?

Teamhrach · 08-03-2018 10:07PM

If anyone has an up-to-date grid for CRIMINAL/EQUITY could they pm me please?! Cheers!

Tony_TwoLegs · 09-03-2018 09:33AM

Contract Law..... any predictions?
Aside from Offer, Acceptance, Consideration, Estoppel and Sales of Goods Acts...... ie the bankers.....

HappySlappy123 · 09-03-2018 10:46AM

Tony_TwoLegs wrote: »

Contract Law..... any predictions?
Aside from Offer, Acceptance, Consideration, Estoppel and Sales of Goods Acts...... ie the bankers.....

Damages usually appear, would imagine mistake also, and perhaps undue influence, capacity and privity

Robbie25808 · 09-03-2018 10:56AM

Constitutional Law:

Are you able to bring in the European Act for this exam? Could be helpful for the question on freedom of speech.

Frances94 · 09-03-2018 11:08AM

You can only bring in the constitution itself

yournerd · 09-03-2018 11:19AM

Tony_TwoLegs wrote: »

Contract Law..... any predictions?
Aside from Offer, Acceptance, Consideration, Estoppel and Sales of Goods Acts...... ie the bankers.....

1. Agreement/Estoppel
2. Consumers/Exemption Clause
3. Mistake
4. Discharge
5. Remedies
6. Undue influence
7. Capacity

Gunslinger92 · 09-03-2018 03:06PM

I'm sorry I know this has been asked loads and loads of times before, but if I wait til the morning of EU to hand in my legislation how long will I be waiting for it?
EU is my first and I don't fancy trekking all the way out to red cow the day before just to hand it in

SM1803 · 09-03-2018 03:09PM

Gunslinger92 wrote: »

I'm sorry I know this has been asked loads and loads of times before, but if I wait til the morning of EU to hand in my legislation how long will I be waiting for it?
EU is my first and I don't fancy trekking all the way out to red cow the day before just to hand it in

pretty sure i had mine by 10 oclock!

jus_me · 09-03-2018 03:26PM

those who are sitting in March- what time of the day are the exams & are they the same time each day?

Gunslinger92 · 09-03-2018 03:29PM

jus_me wrote: »

those who are sitting in March- what time of the day are the exams & are they the same time each day?

9.30-12.30 and yes, same time every day

jus_me · 09-03-2018 03:48PM

Does anyone have any idea typically when the Oct sitting usually starts? Planning to book the Red Cow soon

yournerd · 09-03-2018 04:08PM

For criminal I’m leaving out characterisation/classification, procedure and arrest etc and courts.

How unlucky can I get to get a paper with 3Q of them like October 2013??

Robbie25808 · 09-03-2018 05:57PM

Company Law:

What is the law in relation to a restriction of Non Executive Director?

Anybody have notes on this as I can't really understand the manual.

It mainly for question 6 September 2014.

frankiejoepat · 09-03-2018 06:09PM

I'm just looking at consent in sex offences...
My understanding is that our authority used to be DPP v Morgan but then C'OR happened which gave rise to a subjective interpretation of consent and there were calls for an objective interpretation but the court (in C'OR) said that it would have to come through legislation.

New legislation came out last year Crim Law (Sexual Offences) Act, 2017. This changed the law vis-a-vis 'protected persons' but section 48 also reformed consent under section 9 of the criminal law (rape) (amendment) act 1990. This responded to the perceived lacuna post-C'OR but there hasn't been any case looking at it yet so it's too early to say whether it worked or not.

Is there anything I'm missing here? Anything to add? I'm working off an Autumn 2017 manual and it doesn't have this change....

Lindyloo 1 · 09-03-2018 06:43PM

Robbie25808 wrote: »

Company Law:

What is the law in relation to a restriction of Non Executive Director?

Anybody have notes on this as I can't really understand the manual.

It mainly for question 6 September 2014.

s819 applies equally to non executive directors as to executive directors.

May be judged according to their agreed role in the company / skills etc. but all directors have duties to discharge

Lindyloo 1 · 09-03-2018 07:13PM

jus_me wrote: »

Does anyone have any idea typically when the Oct sitting usually starts? Planning to book the Red Cow soon

Timetable for October sittings won't be released until results of this sitting are out which will probably be 4th May. No need to panic about booking hotel (Red Cow and Ibis have loads of rooms)

Tony_TwoLegs · 09-03-2018 07:13PM

jus_me wrote: »

Does anyone have any idea typically when the Oct sitting usually starts? Planning to book the Red Cow soon

Usually first 2 weeks. The sequence stays the same too I think. HOWEVER why book it now? I booked elsewhere on Hotels.com and last week noted the Red Cow was more expensive months ago and cheapest now. I changed venues. Book in Sept

makemecrazy · 09-03-2018 08:20PM

Constitutional law question, in question two of the October 2017 paper I'm very confused. Is the Constitution superior to EU law or is does it have supremacy? Also, can The Supreme Court rejected decisions of the ECJ? That question was so hard if you weren't doing EU law and his reports offer no clarification.

Robbo · 09-03-2018 08:26PM

makemecrazy wrote: »

Constitutional law question, in question two of the October 2017 paper I'm very confused. Is the Constitution superior to EU law or is does it have supremacy? Also, can The Supreme Court rejected decisions of the ECJ? That question was so hard if you weren't doing EU law and his reports offer no clarification.

Where the EU has competence, EU Law trumps the Constitution.

The Supreme Court would be extremely unwise to disregard decisions of the CJEU as it opens Ireland up to Member State Liability and Francovich damages, per Kobler.

yournerd · 09-03-2018 08:40PM

Does anyone know anything about The Harassment and Related Offences Bill 2017 ?

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