FE1 Exam Thread (Read 1st post!) NOTE: YOU MAY SWAP EXAM GRIDS

Sineaddh · 16-12-2019 01:33PM

How are people actually approaching study?

I didn’t get the 3 last round.. i studied using manuals and wrote out my notes from them but found that so time consuming

Any advice appreciated

rightytighty · 16-12-2019 03:04PM

I’ve made a start on Tort notes, glad I did it seems almost undoable in terms of volume

HappyKitten62 · 16-12-2019 04:06PM

rightytighty wrote: »

I’ve made a start on Tort notes, glad I did it seems almost undoable in terms of volume

It does! Especially negligence it’s hugeeeee

L.E.D · 16-12-2019 04:15PM

Hi guys!

Just wanted to double check that the magic three are gone from March 2020? Does this mean that previously passed exams cant be carried unless it was three passes?

Sorry if this has been asked ðŸ™ˆ

rightytighty · 16-12-2019 04:42PM

L.E.D wrote: »

Hi guys!

Just wanted to double check that the magic three are gone from March 2020? Does this mean that previously passed exams cant be carried unless it was three passes?

Sorry if this has been asked ðŸ™ˆ

Yeah magic 3 is gone as of this next sitting. If you passed less than three in any sitting before that they don’t count.

Louis Litt · 16-12-2019 04:57PM

Does anyone have a soft copy of the Constitutional sample answers from Griffith College? I can swap for other subjects

user115 · 16-12-2019 05:08PM

Equity

Hey would anyone have an equity manual and equity materials they could send me on?

I have material on all other 7 subjects to trade, I have grids, manuals, sample answers etc.

Thanks

LawBoy2018 · 16-12-2019 09:56PM

What happens where a company that has no insurance is sued? Is there some weird rule involving vicarious liability where if there's another party involved wit better financial means, they bare the burden?

Kakeykake · 16-12-2019 10:27PM

rightytighty wrote: »

Yeah magic 3 is gone as of this next sitting. If you passed less than three in any sitting before that they don’t count.

Hey rightytighty!

Sorry but I need some clarity here. Could you please help?

Has it not been so even before, that you had to pass at least 3 papers in one go and then do the rest of the papers as and when possible? What is different now?

I heard someone say that you can sit only one exam at a time for the FE1's in future. To me that does not make any sense at all. You will end up taking a good 4 years to pass them, that is if you sit for two exams every year.

thanks,
Kake.

rightytighty · 16-12-2019 10:31PM

Kakeykake wrote: »

Hey rightytighty!

Sorry but I need some clarity here. Could you please help?

Has it not been so even before, that you had to pass at least 3 papers in one go and then do the rest of the papers as and when possible? What is different now?

I heard someone say that you can sit only one exam at a time for the FE1's in future. To me that does not make any sense at all. You will end up taking a good 4 years to pass them, that is if you sit for two exams every year.

thanks,
Kake.

Yes, sure. Sorry!

Yes upto now you have needed to sit and pass at least 3 on your first sitting. Any less, and none would count.

Under the changes, effective from the next sitting, you can take as many papers as you like. Any passes you get will count - irrespective of your results in other papers. For example if you sit three, pass one, and fail two, you will keep that pass.

Kakeykake · 16-12-2019 10:37PM

That is some brilliant news! isn't it!!?

Thanks a mil!

I did look up the new rules, did not find any details about this change. Can you share with me the web link please?

Thanks,
Kake.

JCJCJC · 18-12-2019 04:55PM

Hi all - if anyone is tackling Constitutional in 2020, I can strongly recommend that you attend the Constitutional law update in UCD on the afternoon of 16th January. Your examiner, Prof. Carolan, will be speaking and from my own experience, the exam will fly for you if you've attended the seminar - he outlines all the recent cases he thinks are important and why he thinks so etc., and there will be other speakers as well.
Details will be on the UCD website etc.

JCJCJC · 18-12-2019 04:59PM

Kakeykake wrote: »

That is some brilliant news! isn't it!!?

Thanks a mil!

I did look up the new rules, did not find any details about this change. Can you share with me the web link please?

Thanks,
Kake.

All on the law Society website...

JCJCJC · 18-12-2019 05:54PM

LawBoy2018 wrote: »

What happens where a company that has no insurance is sued? Is there some weird rule involving vicarious liability where if there's another party involved wit better financial means, they bare the burden?

Look up joint tortfeasors liability.

CIE -v- Diskin. Mr. D let his cows ramble onto the railway, a train hit them and a few passengers were hurt. Liability was determined at 30:70, CIE: Mr. D. Mr D was skint, like all farmers, so CIE had to pay the full whack.

and ffs it's 'with' and 'bear the burden'. Your examiner will be like a bear if you write like that in the exam, not to mention your training master.

JCJCJC · 18-12-2019 05:57PM

Sineaddh wrote: »

How are people actually approaching study?

I didn’t get the 3 last round.. i studied using manuals and wrote out my notes from them but found that so time consuming

Any advice appreciated

Do samle answers to past papers, both sittings for three to four years. Read and take note of comments in examiner's reports, they expect them to be noted. In essays, quote three cases, three text books and three journal articles. There's a marking scheme, aim to hit it.

Edit: If your examiner is an academic lawyer, check for recent publications, and if they've written an article, know it backwards. A few years back, the contract examiner published an article on recovery of damages in contract. The next FE1 had an essay question - discuss the recovery of damages in contract. I gave as much of the article as I could remember and got that exam.

JCJCJC · 18-12-2019 05:58PM

CDarrall wrote: »

Hiya, i emailed the law society around a week or two ago and they said they're hoping for Neptune Stadium in Cork

the big round table at the back of the Long Valley would be nice....

L.E.D · 19-12-2019 05:57PM

Ok guy, have some good news!!!!

I some to the fe1 section in the law society, wanted to confirm the magic 3 is done away with....it is!! But!!!!!.....

I asked about previous exams that I passed in October 2019, (didn't get the three) and she told me to request in email that I want to carry the exam I passed

So if you email you won't have to resit exams you passed

Jenosul · 19-12-2019 06:27PM

L.E.D wrote: »

Ok guy, have some good news!!!!

I some to the fe1 section in the law society, wanted to confirm the magic 3 is done away with....it is!! But!!!!!.....

I asked about previous exams that I passed in October 2019, (didn't get the three) and she told me to request in email that I want to carry the exam I passed

So if you email you won't have to resit exams you passed

Woohooo I got my magic 3 this time around but so delighted for people if this is the case! Not good for your mental health to say the least. So happy they did away with it. I hope everyone can keep their passes.

L.E.D · 20-12-2019 10:28AM

Jenosul wrote: »

Woohooo I got my magic 3 this time around but so delighted for people if this is the case! Not good for your mental health to say the least. So happy they did away with it. I hope everyone can keep their passes.

I was so defeated to not get the three but a pick me up that I could carry what I passed!! Delighted! Congrats on getting the three, hoping to be like that next April. Still going to sit 4 and hope for the best!

Law1997 · 27-12-2019 12:20AM

I’ve made a start on all my next four exams- but haven’t broken the back on anything yet. Planning on getting my notes typed in Jan and learning/papers in Feb. Is this unrealistic?

Thanks!

lawgrad15 · 27-12-2019 11:29AM

Law1997 wrote: »

I’ve made a start on all my next four exams- but haven’t broken the back on anything yet. Planning on getting my notes typed in Jan and learning/papers in Feb. Is this unrealistic?

Thanks!

More or less what I plan on doing tbh!

Sineaddh · 27-12-2019 10:06PM

L.E.D wrote: »

Ok guy, have some good news!!!!

I some to the fe1 section in the law society, wanted to confirm the magic 3 is done away with....it is!! But!!!!!.....

I asked about previous exams that I passed in October 2019, (didn't get the three) and she told me to request in email that I want to carry the exam I passed

So if you email you won't have to resit exams you passed

Oh my god that is amazing news! The law society told you this? Is it just the general fe1 section email we contact? Thanks!

keelfe1s · 28-12-2019 01:10PM

L.E.D wrote: »

Ok guy, have some good news!!!!

I some to the fe1 section in the law society, wanted to confirm the magic 3 is done away with....it is!! But!!!!!.....

I asked about previous exams that I passed in October 2019, (didn't get the three) and she told me to request in email that I want to carry the exam I passed

So if you email you won't have to resit exams you passed

Oh My God this has literally just made my Christmas - I really hope I can carry the ones I’ve passed - 🙌🏻

iamanengine · 28-12-2019 05:57PM

Hey all, would anyone be willing to send me some up to date grids?

I'm looking for Company, Constitutional, EU and Equity.

I can trade for loads of stuff, I have notes for almost every topic in every subject, papers, examiner reports, sample qs etc, would really appreciate it!!

L.E.D · 29-12-2019 04:57PM

Sineaddh wrote: »

Oh my god that is amazing news! The law society told you this? Is it just the general fe1 section email we contact? Thanks!

Yeah! I emailed fe1 section and just requested that I could carry the exam I passed in October (I only passed one and was close with others but didn't bother getting them checked cause the magic three rule applied) I haven't gotten a response thou, hoping it's just cause Xmas holidays!

She did ask if I passed in October 2019 so might just apply to those exams!

Even ring first and ask if it's any sitting or just October

coalition · 30-12-2019 03:41PM

Hey! Does anyone have the most recent examiner reports for company, criminal and tort? I can trade for anything else. I have sample answers and PDFs of 2019 manuals and exam grids etc

niamh1612 · 31-12-2019 04:44PM

Hey!!

I am looking to swap my (all city college) Property Manual and exam paper plus reports and Equity Manual and exam papers plus reports for some bodies criminal manual plus papers and EU manual plus papers?

Please PM if anyone is interested ðŸ˜Š

niamh1612 · 02-01-2020 10:15AM

L.E.D wrote: »

I was so defeated to not get the three but a pick me up that I could carry what I passed!! Delighted! Congrats on getting the three, hoping to be like that next April. Still going to sit 4 and hope for the best!

Has anybody heard back from the law society regarding carrying the exams we passed if we didn't get the three?

keelfe1s · 02-01-2020 02:44PM

niamh1612 wrote: »

Has anybody heard back from the law society regarding carrying the exams we passed if we didn't get the three?

No ðŸ˜¥

rightytighty · 02-01-2020 09:25PM

Has anyone used anything other than the manuals for EU law?

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