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Legaleagle37 · 03-02-2020 06:24PM

Does anyone know if Kerins judgment made an appearance on October Con paper? Are we expecting it for March?

user115 · 03-02-2020 07:10PM

To the person who asked was it too late to submit application form, I submitted mine 10 days before the exams started and got it okay, I wouldn't stress.

user115 · 03-02-2020 07:30PM

Does anyone have a copy of the paper from the last sitting of Constitutional?

iamanengine · 03-02-2020 07:50PM

sm333 wrote: »

Hi all

On my (HOPEFULLY) last sitting and worried about topics for Constitutional as I really need to pass this round. Would I be save with;

SOP, Interpretation, property rights, equality, family, JR + Unconstitutionally, amending Constitution, freedom of expression/assembly/expression, President/AG.

Obviously you can never be certain but is this along the lines of what people are covering?

Thanks!!

So I have notes done for -

Interpretation
President/AG
Oireachtas
Courts
SOP
Referendums
Unenumerated Rights
Personal Rights
Fair Procedure
Freedom of Expression
Equality
Family/Education
Property Rights
Religious Freedom
Proportionality
Judicial Review

I'm thinking I'll probably need to cut this down a bit. On the other hand I'm wondering if I should cover Trial in Due Course...it's so hard to know what to cover

user115 · 03-02-2020 08:17PM

Equity

Would I be covered with following:
- Trusteeship
- Injunctions all of them
- Express Trusts
- Resulting Trusts
- SP
- Proprietary estoppel
- Rectification
- Undue

What is Equity like to study? I had a look through the manual and other than Injunctions the other topics don't seem that long, about 10 to 15 pages average. I heard equity is meant to be really hard and I heard people having to sit it numerous times to pass... I presumed topics would be super long, what's people's thoughts on it to study and is the above similar to what others are covering?

jus_me · 03-02-2020 09:06PM

user115 wrote: »

To the person who asked was it too late to submit application form, I submitted mine 10 days before the exams started and got it okay, I wouldn't stress.

Thank you!!

supercreative · 03-02-2020 10:28PM

user115 wrote: »

Equity

Would I be covered with following:
- Trusteeship
- Injunctions all of them
- Express Trusts
- Resulting Trusts
- SP
- Proprietary estoppel
- Rectification
- Undue

What is Equity like to study? I had a look through the manual and other than Injunctions the other topics don't seem that long, about 10 to 15 pages average. I heard equity is meant to be really hard and I heard people having to sit it numerous times to pass... I presumed topics would be super long, what's people's thoughts on it to study and is the above similar to what others are covering?

I don't know what you'd leave out for it, and it's a pain in the ass, but Purpose Trusts (especially charitable and cy pres but really all of it) is fairly frequent - Oonagh Breen is an expert in the area and seems determined to put it on the paper almost all the time.

CiaranS93 · 04-02-2020 09:45AM

Does anyone have typed EU notes? I have types notes in every other subject in return

Jeremiah25 · 04-02-2020 10:11AM

Anyone any idea what was on the Equity paper in October?

Thanks!

Aoaoaoao2019 · 04-02-2020 01:45PM

Hi, does anyone have sample answers for equity? Can swap for others, thanks!

Hamerzan Sickles · 04-02-2020 02:01PM

Hamerzan Sickles wrote: »

Off the top of my head (no idea where my exam paper is now) -

Quistclose Trusts
Mandatory Interlocutory Injunctions
Tracing
Promissory Estoppel
Specific Performance
Charitable Trusts
Short Answer Q, two of which were Re Hastings Bass and Strong v Bird
Secret Trusts (?)

The above are not in order of how they came up in the exam. I'm not certain of the last question being secret trusts but if you search back to October in this thread, I remember someone posting all of the topics per question -- that person did say that constructive trusts came up as a portion of the estoppel question but I don't think that was accurate.

Previous post of mine for whoever was looking for the last Equity paper's topics.

Legaleagle37 · 04-02-2020 03:05PM

Could anyone share what came up on the Constitutional paper in October?
Thanks in advance

iamanengine · 04-02-2020 05:25PM

For EU I am thinking -

Institutions
Sources
General Principles
Direct Effect
MS Liability
Judicial Review
FMOG
FMOW
Citizenship
Equality

Thoughts? Is that enough/do I need more?

L.E.D · 04-02-2020 05:30PM

Sorry if this seems a very obvious question but what cases should I focus on for the EU case note? Don't have a clue where to start so would appreciate any tips

Law1997 · 04-02-2020 06:30PM

L.E.D wrote: »

Sorry if this seems a very obvious question but what cases should I focus on for the EU case note? Don't have a clue where to start so would appreciate any tips

Honestly I didn’t bother with prep for this. It’s so unpredictable, and the course is too huge. Instead I focused on covering myself for all other qs - there are certain topics that almost always come up - id focus on these if I were you, can’t go wrong.

L.E.D · 04-02-2020 08:28PM

Law1997 wrote: »

Honestly I didn’t bother with prep for this. It’s so unpredictable, and the course is too huge. Instead I focused on covering myself for all other qs - there are certain topics that almost always come up - id focus on these if I were you, can’t go wrong.

Thank you, I sat this in October as my 'extra' exam and my God I was not prepared at all!! Hoping not to repeat that experience!! Do you know which topics they are?

Law1997 · 04-02-2020 09:04PM

L.E.D wrote: »

Thank you, I sat this in October as my 'extra' exam and my God I was not prepared at all!! Hoping not to repeat that experience!! Do you know which topics they are?

Can’t remember them all - once you go through the papers it’s pretty obvious though.

luimneachabu73 · 04-02-2020 09:52PM

Does anyone have exam reports and questions by topic for Criminal and Tort?

Thanks!

rightytighty · 04-02-2020 11:59PM

L.E.D wrote: »

Thank you, I sat this in October as my 'extra' exam and my God I was not prepared at all!! Hoping not to repeat that experience!! Do you know which topics they are?

As far as I can see the following at least are certainties:

Judicial Review
Direct Effect/Member State Liability (usually together)
Free Movement of Goods

user115 · 05-02-2020 01:42AM

rightytighty wrote: »

As far as I can see the following at least are certainties:

Judicial Review
Direct Effect/Member State Liability (usually together)
Free Movement of Goods

Would agree but not sure about judicial review, it has been on the paper a lot over the last few recent sittings but I wouldn't see it as safe as FMGs, direct effect/state liability.

To add to this list, I think I remember FMG always 2qs, direct effect/MS liability 1, FMW and citizens 1, legislative process/democratic deficit/sources of law/institutions appears very often. I covered all these, judicial review and prelim ref for exam and it was grand

jewels652 · 05-02-2020 09:41AM

Anybody that could share what came up for constitutional October 2019 please ?
Tía

lsheehaneire · 05-02-2020 10:14AM

Hi Guys, any one know exactly where the Cork venue is for the exams ? ðŸ˜

rightytighty · 05-02-2020 10:16AM

lsheehaneire wrote: »

Hi Guys, any one know exactly where the Cork venue is for the exams ? ðŸ˜

Someone said the Law Soc told them they hoped to get Neptune Stadium, but there’s been no confirmation

rightytighty · 05-02-2020 12:08PM

Does anyone who returned the form to carry over old passes that we received last Friday know when we can expect to hear back?

lauralouwa · 05-02-2020 02:59PM

shambles2020 wrote: »

I have equity sample answers and an up to date grid.

could you send on equity grid please?

lauralouwa · 05-02-2020 03:02PM

Hi all, does anyone have equity grid? Can swap for sample answers! thanks

supercreative · 05-02-2020 07:58PM

Is the pass rate for Constitutional supposed to be okay? Examiner's reports make for worrying reading, especially since in most of them he doesn't even talk about all of the questions! Freaking out a bit and would appreciate if someone could tell me if my fears are well-founded.

EDIT: Would also really appreciate NBNs from Oct 2019 for Constitutional or Contract if anyone has them.

lilyc223 · 06-02-2020 10:01AM

Could someone please send me the examiner's reports for October 2019? Looking for con, company, EU and contract thank you :-)

sm333 · 06-02-2020 10:13AM

rightytighty wrote: »

Just got the email from the Law Society about carrying forward passes from before the rules changed for this sitting. If they’ve accepted some already as I’ve read they have, you’d wonder on what basis they can then refuse applications?

I never received an email like this but only got two in my first sitting, one of which I'm supposed to be resitting in March. Anyone know more about this carrying forward thing??

sm333 · 06-02-2020 11:32AM

illy.m wrote: »

Woohoo got one of mine carried over. 3 left to go. Such a relief. !!!! Received email few mins ago

So did you get passes carried over from before October 2019?

Thanks!!

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