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

neon123 · 26-08-2020 11:34AM

Hi Folks,

Does anyone know when the LS are going to open the application process for the October sitting? Apologies if this has been discussed in a former thread.

Thanks

awsah · 26-08-2020 11:45AM

I am not sure anyone knows, some people saying they are waiting until after the results of August sitting but can never be sure. They are tentatively scheduled from oct 6 until 16th. Someone put up a schedule on the FE1 page on Facebook which was missing two exams, that person said they were given it by the law society but it was subject to change.

neon123 · 26-08-2020 12:00PM

Thanks for that Awsah, just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something obvious!

lawgrad2020 · 26-08-2020 12:03PM

Hi, Sorry if this has been asked but does anyone have an up to date company exam grid? including March 2020.

I have two conflicting grids for company and I'm unsure which, if either, is correct.

kingak97 · 26-08-2020 12:17PM

Hi,
Does anybody have a copy of the March 2020 Property, Contract and Equity papers? Would really appreciate.
In return I can provide the August 2020 Tort and EU papers.

thanks

maryann123 · 26-08-2020 02:47PM

Hi , has anyone sat the online exams for eu and tort yet this week yet ? Just wondering how they went and were there any difficulties

StabiloLaw · 26-08-2020 03:41PM

maryann123 wrote: »

Hi , has anyone sat the online exams for eu and tort yet this week yet ? Just wondering how they went and were there any difficulties

First online exam is tomorrow but will let you guys know Friday evening how they went!

LS3 · 26-08-2020 05:16PM

Looking for notes on company as don't have enough time to read manuals and write my own notes if anyone would be willing to swap for Criminal Contract Property EU or Tort?

FE.ONE · 26-08-2020 05:39PM

Looking for fairly up to date sample answers for Criminal and Equity, can swap samples for EU and Tort.

ihatethesea · 26-08-2020 06:32PM

What are people covering for Tort in October?

CMUL · 26-08-2020 07:48PM

Is it just me or is anyone else having problems with beta.courts.ie? Cant get in for about a week! Not good for Constitution!!!

Trainee1986 · 26-08-2020 08:14PM

CMUL wrote: »

Is it just me or is anyone else having problems with beta.courts.ie? Cant get in for about a week! Not good for Constitution!!!

This site was temporary. It’s courts.ie again.

CMUL · 26-08-2020 09:07PM

Thank you, I did not realise!

fe12020oct · 26-08-2020 09:26PM

anyone know anywhere i could get a second hand companies act?

LawCandidate · 27-08-2020 10:07AM

Could anyone who sat EU online this morning please give some insight as to how the process went? Sitting Tort in the morning and v apprehensive about the whole thing. They talk about scanning the room with your webcam but I'm using my desktop so wont be able to move it very far etc. Any info would be great!

hullaballoo · 27-08-2020 10:08AM

CMUL wrote: »

Thank you, I did not realise!

It's a little bit amateurish that there isn't a redirect from beta.courts.ie to courts.ie so.

awsah · 27-08-2020 10:20AM

fe12020oct wrote: »

anyone know anywhere i could get a second hand companies act?

Adverts.ie or gumtree? I bought mine on book depository for like 60/70, I saw a few people selling second hand for 80, hopefully I will be able to sell mine on after!

Fe120R · 27-08-2020 11:23AM

Has anyone else not received copies of scripts ? I requested scripts in May and still haven’t received them. Rang the LS today and put through to an extension and got a voicemail.

AlexTG356 · 27-08-2020 11:59AM

Hey, would anyone know where you can buy the Sale of Goods Act 1893 and the Sale of Goods and Supply of Services Act 1980? Thanks

TCPIP · 27-08-2020 12:01PM

AlexTG356 wrote: »

Hey, would anyone know where you can buy the Sale of Goods Act 1893 and the Sale of Goods and Supply of Services Act 1980? Thanks

https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/598588-government-publications/?referrer=/en/governmentpublications/

StabiloLaw · 27-08-2020 01:19PM

LawCandidate wrote: »

Could anyone who sat EU online this morning please give some insight as to how the process went? Sitting Tort in the morning and v apprehensive about the whole thing. They talk about scanning the room with your webcam but I'm using my desktop so wont be able to move it very far etc. Any info would be great!

Hi there!

I'm just out of EU and can honestly say it was fine.
It was just myself and the invigilator so she actually watched me the whole time but I had it minimised so I couldn't see her.
Tomorrow, I believe there will be more people sitting it so I think the invigilator will be moving between a few students, but I think you'd still be quite aware that there's eyes on you at all times.

It went really smoothly, I didn't get my paper until exactly 10 but I think that was an issue with my moodle access.
I was supposed to get it at 9.50 but nobody was allowed write until 10 anyway so I didn't mind too much.

As for scanning, I also have a laptop and basically just stood up with it in my hands and showed around my room- mainly interested in my desk. She also made me show each page of my answer book to the camera to show there was nothing written, and same with my legislation (not applicable tomorrow), and of course my ID.

She said they may request you to show your desk at any time throughout, and obviously they'd be watching you if you were looking at different things on your computer.

In all honesty, I completely forgot she was there and the writing aspect was the same as being in an exam hall- minus feeling everyone else's nerves as well as my own.

I wouldn't be apprehensive about it, honestly it's the best we could have hoped for.
The only slight pain was scanning in the pages at the end with your phone- they watch you do it and I was very aware of how long it was taking me- it seemed to go on forever!

Overall they put my mind at ease today- nothing at all to worry about!
If you've any questions, feel free to DM me.

DFMCD190384 · 27-08-2020 03:27PM

StabiloLaw wrote: »

Hi there!

I'm just out of EU and can honestly say it was fine.
It was just myself and the invigilator so she actually watched me the whole time but I had it minimised so I couldn't see her.
Tomorrow, I believe there will be more people sitting it so I think the invigilator will be moving between a few students, but I think you'd still be quite aware that there's eyes on you at all times.

It went really smoothly, I didn't get my paper until exactly 10 but I think that was an issue with my moodle access.
I was supposed to get it at 9.50 but nobody was allowed write until 10 anyway so I didn't mind too much.

As for scanning, I also have a laptop and basically just stood up with it in my hands and showed around my room- mainly interested in my desk. She also made me show each page of my answer book to the camera to show there was nothing written, and same with my legislation (not applicable tomorrow), and of course my ID.

She said they may request you to show your desk at any time throughout, and obviously they'd be watching you if you were looking at different things on your computer.

In all honesty, I completely forgot she was there and the writing aspect was the same as being in an exam hall- minus feeling everyone else's nerves as well as my own.

I wouldn't be apprehensive about it, honestly it's the best we could have hoped for.
The only slight pain was scanning in the pages at the end with your phone- they watch you do it and I was very aware of how long it was taking me- it seemed to go on forever!

Overall they put my mind at ease today- nothing at all to worry about!
If you've any questions, feel free to DM me.

Thanks for this. How was EU? What came up?

legallyginger · 27-08-2020 03:42PM

Would anybody have sample answers or even just the papers of contract for March 2020 and October 2019?

Lallers96 · 27-08-2020 05:34PM

Been studying since 7am and boy am I burnt out. I feel like Property, as predicable a paper it is, is wrecking my head. I just can't seem to really wrap my head around some of the topics, or at quickly as I did with Tort. Maybe it's because I actually studied Tort 5 years ago.

Like I know this is stupid, but I have to say it. Why is adverse possession even a thing? It seems awfully unfair to buy land and have some random fella come into your land or piece of land and occupy it and claim its theirs just because you didn't "exercise control over the land for 12 years". Yes it can be stopped by you asking them to leave and "visit the land often" but its not like this squatter has any right to come in on your land you paid good money for. Had to say it i know i'm wrong bit studying that topic the past 2 days I've just looked at it and gone "god you're an awful stupid rule"

awsah · 27-08-2020 06:32PM

Could anyone tell me what topics came up on the March 2020 company and criminal law papers, just looking to update my exam grid but if anyone has a copy they could send on I would appreciate it!

rightytighty · 27-08-2020 06:48PM

Lallers96 wrote: »

Been studying since 7am and boy am I burnt out. I feel like Property, as predicable a paper it is, is wrecking my head. I just can't seem to really wrap my head around some of the topics, or at quickly as I did with Tort. Maybe it's because I actually studied Tort 5 years ago.

Like I know this is stupid, but I have to say it. Why is adverse possession even a thing? It seems awfully unfair to buy land and have some random fella come into your land or piece of land and occupy it and claim its theirs just because you didn't "exercise control over the land for 12 years". Yes it can be stopped by you asking them to leave and "visit the land often" but its not like this squatter has any right to come in on your land you paid good money for. Had to say it i know i'm wrong bit studying that topic the past 2 days I've just looked at it and gone "god you're an awful stupid rule"

I think one of the arguments is based on land being a finite resource and very high value on that basis, AP encourages landowners to put it to good use or risk losing it. Shaky enough I know but that’s one I’m aware of, think it’s mentioned in JA Pye? A while since I sat property so unsure

Wonderstruck · 27-08-2020 07:39PM

Lallers96 wrote: »

Been studying since 7am and boy am I burnt out. I feel like Property, as predicable a paper it is, is wrecking my head. I just can't seem to really wrap my head around some of the topics, or at quickly as I did with Tort. Maybe it's because I actually studied Tort 5 years ago.

Like I know this is stupid, but I have to say it. Why is adverse possession even a thing? It seems awfully unfair to buy land and have some random fella come into your land or piece of land and occupy it and claim its theirs just because you didn't "exercise control over the land for 12 years". Yes it can be stopped by you asking them to leave and "visit the land often" but its not like this squatter has any right to come in on your land you paid good money for. Had to say it i know i'm wrong bit studying that topic the past 2 days I've just looked at it and gone "god you're an awful stupid rule"

Think of it this way - w/o Adverse Possession there would be a lot of property with no identifiable owner. There's A LOT of property where it isn't actually clear who owns it. AP just removes silly fights over small amounts of land and also clears up situations where the land was transferred incorrectly or not even at all.

Most AP applications in reality are actually small sections of land in gardens or adjoining fields where the border lines have changed slightly from the Land Reg records. Often the family didn't properly go though the means of transmitting the property down the family line for over 100 years and the last person still there just puts in an AP case. It just isn't exciting enough compared to JA Pye v Graham / Cullen v Cullen shenanigans. :pac:

steveeq · 27-08-2020 07:43PM

hullaballoo wrote: »

It's a little bit amateurish that there isn't a redirect from beta.courts.ie to courts.ie so.

Woah..you’re expecting too much from the Courts Service there!

It’s taken a pandemic for them to modernise in the slightest, and they still don’t even answer their phones!

StabiloLaw · 27-08-2020 08:34PM

Hi all- I know I'm talking to a small group of people here but I'm just wondering if people's approach to tomorrow is to cover everything again, or if you're not concentrating on things that came up a few weeks ago (Passing off or Res Ispa Loquitur for example)?

LS3 · 28-08-2020 09:51AM

Best of luck to everyone sitting Tort this morning. Let us know what comes up

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