TheLawGuy wrote: » Could I please have an up to date Tort Grid/ sample answers off someone? I can swap materials in contract/company and 2019 materials for property /criminal
IgoPAP wrote: » Praying to dear God that they extend the exams to 2 weeks later to let candidates prepare for the online sittings.
lawgrad15 wrote: » I felt the same in March and it actually only came to me quite close to the exams. For me, I did I think 3 essays in the exam. My opinion is that the essays tend to repeat themselves and there are only a limited amount of topics. So I would get a decent exam grid and look at the past questions. Rather than wasting time learning essays, go through the exam reports and note the main points/arguments you could make for each. After that, for the problem questions, I would sit down and try and do them by topic e.g. homicide, sexual offences etc. However, I do know there is a huge amount of overlap. Make sure to print a copy of the examiner's reports as they are a huge asset to studying for criminal. They are really detailed. In terms of the exam, make sure you can spot the issues in a problem question. Sometimes there will be quite a few issues in the question. By doing preparation questions, you will begin to spot the issues easily after a while. Another really important point is re legislation. Make sure you know the main legislative provisions. Know also the actus reus and mens rea also. In terms of case law, the amount I had varied on the topic. I hadn't a huge amount learned for topics like public offences but had way more for the likes of murder, manslaughter etc. Also it's really worth knowing the defences really really well. They can be quite tricky so it's worth reading over those chapters a few times. In conclusion, I think the best thing to do at this point is lots of exam questions. By doing similar questions, it will become easier for you to identify the issues and cases will become more familiar also. His reports are by far the most detailed out of all the examiners so do have a look at them while doing the questions. Good luck with it. I thought mine was like a dogs dinner and got 70 in it. Really disliked criminal in uni. Felt it clicked with me 4 days before the exam so still lots of time left
LawLearnin wrote: » Hey guys, feels a bit late in the day to be asking this with the exams (presumably!) around the corner, but would any of you mind sharing some tips on how you put your notes together? I've passed four of the FE1s at this stage, but am having a terrible time preparing for the Criminal exam (am going to sit Equity too but I think I've a good grasp on what it's about). I can't figure out how to arrange the info for Criminal and it seems there's no end of cases, whereas some of the other subjects seemed to have a smaller core set of cases to draw on. Do you guys work from undergrad lecture notes, legislation, the syllabus texts or college cram notes etc to hone down the key info? And do you just then pick a couple of whatever cases seem relevant for each of the different elements you're focusing on for the exams?
awsah wrote: » do you have exam questions with examiner reports? if you spend an hour or two just going through problem questions and writing out what you think the issues are and then checking the examiners report and if you are wrong the examiners report should help explain it. I would have a look at complicity also as that could come up as part of a problem question!
FE1new wrote: » Not gibberish at all. Thank you so much!
awsah wrote: » try not to get too stressed out, if its your only exam you have plenty of time, just read read read and practice exam questions. If you look at the exam questions you can see that some may cover 5 topics, you absolutely must cover ch on murder and manslaughter and sexual assault, this should get two questions out of the way, I would cover defenses as they can tie in as part of any question, NFOATP seems long and daunting but when you read enough times it should be ok. key thing in problem questions is to identify the issues, if tom hits mary over the head and kills her don't talk about section 2 assault, you would be discussing the mens rea for murder/assault manslaughter. don't say things like "duress is not a defense" if it is not in the question. you just want to get in and get out, 1. "this is the issues that arise, 2. this is the statute/case law,3. this is how the case law/statute applies to the question and 4.this is the conclusion. The issues and the conclusion are the easiest marks, couple of sentences: the issues are a, b, c and in conclusion I would advise tom that he is liable to be charged with the murder of mary which could be lowered to assault manslaughter if it is shown he did not intend to kill or seriously harm her. (if you know the sentence you can put it here but like people have said it is not technically necessary). I have not taken criminal yet so I really hope that helps and it wasn't a lot of gibberish.
FE1new wrote: » Hi All, I am really struggling with Criminal law does anyone have any tips on what can be left out or what should absolutely be covered? I am drowning now and panicking that the exams are so close. Really appreciate any guidance at all.
Lawlaw12 wrote: » Essential Topics: Sexual Offences, Homicide, Actus Reus/Mens Rea, Non-Fatal Offences against the Person, Offences against Property, Defences. After that: Bail/Arrest/Detention, Presumption of Innocence, Minor v. Non-minor offences, Jurisdiction of the Courts etc... For criminal there is a lot of mixing of topics so it is actually quite difficult to leave out whole topics, also there can be questions with 4 parts (a-d), so if you have left out the topic for one of those parts you're cutting down the marks you can get for that question. But because topics are mixed, it can actually mean that you end up writing very little about any given topic e.g. if it is a 4 part question you'll only be writing around a page for each part and this can include an introduction and advice to your client etc. so you can get away with only knowing the main cases. Also, the examiner is a generous marker, so he will give you marks where he can! If you can, try to learn a few main cases for every topic, and then for those important topics have a bit more detail
shaunadennyham wrote: » No I think they’ll have it invigilated like they did with the august sitting. Kings inns was closed book and invigilated like the august fe1s as well
CoconutHeadMia wrote: » Is it possible that the law society are going to rely on students not using their own books and notes during the exams if they’re not going to invigilate? Or how did the kings inn work
law_struggles wrote: » For Tort, does anybody know how Vicarious Liability works in basic terms in relation to the different tests? Am I right in saying there is a course/scope test and a close connection test? thanks!
Jeremiah25 wrote: » Likely something like this could feature on the exam given that it's so recent and papers were presumably set time ago?
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