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Twinings2016 · 02-01-2021 07:58PM

Hi guys, anyone have any thoughts or advice on Contract?

I have just started looking at it and the examiner reports. It doesn't seem as predictable as others and the content is a bit dull, ha. She also seems to be looking for a lot in each question.

How have people gotten on with it before? Is she an easy marker? And any general advice when studying it??

It is one of my last exams so v.anxious to pass it!

SKLaw · 02-01-2021 09:16PM

Twinings2016 wrote: »

Hi guys, anyone have any thoughts or advice on Contract?

I have just started looking at it and the examiner reports. It doesn't seem as predictable as others and the content is a bit dull, ha. She also seems to be looking for a lot in each question.

How have people gotten on with it before? Is she an easy marker? And any general advice when studying it??

It is one of my last exams so v.anxious to pass it!

Hey! Had a hard time with contract too but hopefully I did enough in November to pass. It was my last exam so I had quite a bit of time to study and prepare for it. Each question is definitely a mix of topics so it’s hard to cut down. I’d say once you’ve revised the topics, go over the exam questions and see if you can identify the topics that come up. It’ll be a bit of a confidence boost just by identifying them. Double check with the examiner reports then

As a marker she seems to be fair from what I’ve heard from others who have looked at their papers before

I covered the following topics for the last sitting and I starred the ones I feel should be covered for the exam:
Agreement*
Consideration*
Consumer Protection*
Misrepresentation*
Mistake*
Exemption Clauses*
Terms
Promissory Estoppel
Remedies*
Discharge*
Undue Influence
Privity
Capacity (I glossed over it as some predictions said it was due a run)

This is just what worked for me though and hopefully this was some sort of help somehow

Twinings2016 · 02-01-2021 09:46PM

Thanks a million for taking the time to write that out, that's super helpful! appreciate it

SKLaw wrote: »

Hey! Had a hard time with contract too but hopefully I did enough in November to pass. It was my last exam so I had quite a bit of time to study and prepare for it. Each question is definitely a mix of topics so it’s hard to cut down. I’d say once you’ve revised the topics, go over the exam questions and see if you can identify the topics that come up. It’ll be a bit of a confidence boost just by identifying them. Double check with the examiner reports then

As a marker she seems to be fair from what I’ve heard from others who have looked at their papers before

I covered the following topics for the last sitting and I starred the ones I feel should be covered for the exam:
Agreement*
Consideration*
Consumer Protection*
Misrepresentation*
Mistake*
Exemption Clauses*
Terms
Promissory Estoppel
Remedies*
Discharge*
Undue Influence
Privity
Capacity (I glossed over it as some predictions said it was due a run)

This is just what worked for me though and hopefully this was some sort of help somehow

SKLaw · 02-01-2021 10:53PM

Twinings2016 wrote: »

Thanks a million for taking the time to write that out, that's super helpful! appreciate it

No problem

good luck with the studying!

I’ve attached the most recent contract law grid I have too, not including the ones that came up in the November sitting though.

neon123 · 02-01-2021 11:53PM

Does anyone know the Qs that came up for Company last November or where to find them? The LS don't seem to be selling the paper for that sitting yet which is frustrating!

lawgrad49 · 03-01-2021 10:41AM

neon123 wrote: »

Does anyone know the Qs that came up for Company last November or where to find them? The LS don't seem to be selling the paper for that sitting yet which is frustrating!

Someone else on Boards sent me on this, one question missing:

Directors Duties - Essay
Incorporation - Problem
Realisation of Assets
212 Minority Shareholder Oppression - Problem
Transfer of Shares - Problem
Corporate Authority - Essay
Restriction of a director - Problem

WesternC123 · 03-01-2021 10:45AM

Constitutional

Does anyone know how the SOP question/s came up in Nov 2020? Thanks!

CoconutHeadMia · 03-01-2021 12:30PM

Hi, does anybody have a constitutional, contract and company grid up to date by any chance please?

baloo21 · 03-01-2021 12:42PM

Hi guys - maybe a little late to this but have the applications for the March sitting already closed?

If not, when is the deadline?

FE1Rookie · 03-01-2021 01:06PM

baloo21 wrote: »

Hi guys - maybe a little late to this but have the applications for the March sitting already closed?

If not, when is the deadline?

They're not open yet. Probably next month, definitely won't be until after the results of the last sitting anyway which is meant to be Jan 11th.

neon123 · 03-01-2021 01:31PM

lawgrad49 wrote: »

Someone else on Boards sent me on this, one question missing:

Directors Duties - Essay
Incorporation - Problem
Realisation of Assets
212 Minority Shareholder Oppression - Problem
Transfer of Shares - Problem
Corporate Authority - Essay
Restriction of a director - Problem

Cheers for that

Iso_123 · 03-01-2021 02:07PM

Does anyone have any advice on best topics to cover for EU or just generally for EU? Hoping to only have 2 exams left to do in March (depending on November results) and EU is one of them. I've never studied it before so I am completely starting from scratch and finding it a bit difficult to get my head around.

bluerthanu · 03-01-2021 02:56PM

Iso_123 wrote: »

Does anyone have any advice on best topics to cover for EU or just generally for EU? Hoping to only have 2 exams left to do in March (depending on November results) and EU is one of them. I've never studied it before so I am completely starting from scratch and finding it a bit difficult to get my head around.

Sat it in November and I covered:
- general principles (all of them, but a focus on human rights);
- institutions/democratic deficit etc;
- judicial review;
- direct effect; and
- fmog (art 30, 34, 110 - all of these because sometimes they are two questions).

I made notes on citizenship but this was basically night before stuff as a backup. Didn’t need it in the end. Those broad five topics almost always give you five questions to answer each year and they rarely throw up surprises really. I’m someone who covers the absolute bare minimum however. Most would also cover either citizenship (but this also requires fmow) or competition (which is massive).

My advice on EU is that it’s an incredibly handy exam but the content is just really alien and overwhelming at first. I personally worked back from grids, exam papers, and then notes. The questions are pretty much identical every year. As with all areas of law if starting from scratch, it really will make your life easier (and, dare I say, the whole process *slightly* more enjoyable) if you try at the outset to just broadly wrap your head around EU law (the primacy of eu law), it’s (short) history (and how its evolved to today), and how it interacts with national law (the preliminary reference procedure and direct effect). It doesn’t operate like other areas of common law because its authority derives purely from supranational ceding of sovereignty (and that tension is always there). Of course, this is only a luxury and not a necessary. If you’re time constrained, skip that nonsense. However, if you have the time, I think you’ll find studying it just so much easier.

One final thing to remember is that you can use your treaties in the exam, so get this straight away and start marking it (you can use highlighters and tabs). I’m not messing when I say that you could bluff an answer on either general principles, institutions, and maybe even citizenship/fmow at a push just by using the treaties. The Convention is there and all the Directives. Best of luck!

Lcork23 · 03-01-2021 03:03PM

Hi Guys,

Does anyone have any advice on Company Law? Just starting now and it seems huge.

neon123 · 03-01-2021 03:51PM

Guys does anyone have any tips for approaching Constitutional? People have mentioned its best to know small bits of detail for most of the topics examinable but the examiner seems to throw in the odd Q which only covers a narrow part of the course. Is it the case that knowing small bits of detail for most topics would mean one should be able to answer 5 Qs on an average exam?

JCJCJC · 03-01-2021 04:13PM

neon123 wrote: »

Guys does anyone have any tips for approaching Constitutional? People have mentioned its best to know small bits of detail for most of the topics examinable but the examiner seems to throw in the odd Q which only covers a narrow part of the course. Is it the case that knowing small bits of detail for most topics would mean one should be able to answer 5 Qs on an average exam?

Get the handouts from Dr Carolan’s annual Constitutional Law Update conference if you can, best possible preparation for the exam. I went to the conference with a buddy who had failed Constitutional a few times, he got it the next time. We are both practising now.

kayleee123 · 03-01-2021 04:24PM

Would anyone have the questions or general topics that came up in the Nov 2020 Constitutional exam please?

nuac · 03-01-2021 04:25PM

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lsheehaneire · 03-01-2021 04:59PM

Anyone think we will get "the" email tomorrow to confirm when the results are being released??

nicolesd · 03-01-2021 05:17PM

i am doing the city colleges course for constitutional law (paid to do it for the last sitting but didn't go ahead with it in the end so doing the free repeat) i am finding the lecturer extremely boring and hard to listen to and tbh i don't find his way of learning helpful atall even the way he compiles the cases im absolutely clueless no hope of me remembering them) has anyone had any better experiences with any other prep courses for constitutional law i dont want to be spending more money on courses that are gonna be similar? its only because i am so lost when it comes to constitutional law and i want to pass it this time round ?

ruby1998 · 03-01-2021 05:55PM

JCJCJC wrote: »

Get the handouts from Dr Carolan’s annual Constitutional Law Update conference if you can, best possible preparation for the exam. I went to the conference with a buddy who had failed Constitutional a few times, he got it the next time. We are both practising now.

How would one go about getting these handouts? Thanks!

Iso_123 · 03-01-2021 05:57PM

bluerthanu wrote: »

Sat it in November and I covered:
- general principles (all of them, but a focus on human rights);
- institutions/democratic deficit etc;
- judicial review;
- direct effect; and
- fmog (art 30, 34, 110 - all of these because sometimes they are two questions).

I made notes on citizenship but this was basically night before stuff as a backup. Didn’t need it in the end. Those broad five topics almost always give you five questions to answer each year and they rarely throw up surprises really. I’m someone who covers the absolute bare minimum however. Most would also cover either citizenship (but this also requires fmow) or competition (which is massive).

My advice on EU is that it’s an incredibly handy exam but the content is just really alien and overwhelming at first. I personally worked back from grids, exam papers, and then notes. The questions are pretty much identical every year. As with all areas of law if starting from scratch, it really will make your life easier (and, dare I say, the whole process *slightly* more enjoyable) if you try at the outset to just broadly wrap your head around EU law (the primacy of eu law), it’s (short) history (and how its evolved to today), and how it interacts with national law (the preliminary reference procedure and direct effect). It doesn’t operate like other areas of common law because its authority derives purely from supranational ceding of sovereignty (and that tension is always there). Of course, this is only a luxury and not a necessary. If you’re time constrained, skip that nonsense. However, if you have the time, I think you’ll find studying it just so much easier.

One final thing to remember is that you can use your treaties in the exam, so get this straight away and start marking it (you can use highlighters and tabs). I’m not messing when I say that you could bluff an answer on either general principles, institutions, and maybe even citizenship/fmow at a push just by using the treaties. The Convention is there and all the Directives. Best of luck!

Thank you so much for this it's really helpful. I've already started on making my notes but I think I'll take your advice and focus a bit more on exam papers and reports for a while to get more of feel for what hes looking for. It is so alien to me though you're right there! Before last month I had no idea what an EU Institution even was so i'm preparing for an uphill battle.. It's nice to know it has a decent pass rate though

caius97 · 03-01-2021 08:30PM

Hello everyone, thought I’d post on the off chance that someone has advice! I have been called to interview for a TC with Damien Tansey solicitors in their Dublin office. I was wondering if anyone has had any experience interviewing with them previously? Any advice welcomes - thanks so much

phildub · 03-01-2021 09:39PM

CoconutHeadMia wrote: »

Hi, does anybody have a constitutional, contract and company grid up to date by any chance please?

Go back a couple of pages and they were posted

Fe1user5555 · 04-01-2021 12:19AM

lawgrad49 wrote: »

Someone else on Boards sent me on this, one question missing:

Directors Duties - Essay
Incorporation - Problem
Realisation of Assets
212 Minority Shareholder Oppression - Problem
Transfer of Shares - Problem
Corporate Authority - Essay
Restriction of a director - Problem

And an essay on meetings

neon123 · 04-01-2021 10:34AM

Fe1user5555 wrote: »

And an essay on meetings

Great

FE1Pleb · 04-01-2021 10:55AM

Hey guys,

I hope everyone is well and settling back into reality.

I'm just wondering, on the off chance if anyone would be able to share a company grid with me? I have materials on all other subjects.

Thanks

donners87 · 04-01-2021 11:41AM

Does anyone know if the March application form is available yet? I only see the timetable on the Law Society's website

Corplawtrainee · 04-01-2021 01:10PM

Hi all,

Any advice on narrowing down topics for Tort? Just starting and a bit overwhelmed in regards to the amount of content that I need to cover between now and march. Was going through defamation, that topic is so chunky in itself can't imagine doing that 15 times over.

ellachapman96 · 04-01-2021 01:11PM

Hey guys, Just wondering does anyone have up to date exam papers/report for property? I only have as far up as spring 2018. Thanks a mill!

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