nav[aria-label="Primary Navigation"] { padding: 0; & ul { list-style: none; width: 100%; display: flex; flex-direction: row; justify-content: start; align-items: start; gap: 30px; padding: 0; & li { margin: 0; } & ul li { list-style: none; } } }

Child Item

FE1 Exam Thread (Read 1st post!) No trading

Tom Young

This is the new FE1 Exam Thread

This is a link to the old one: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055143169

This is a link to the next one: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056907164

Sorry, I'm aware we are in the throws of FE1 season, but due to a server issue, a new thread was required. Old chats and posts below - Thanks!

Mod warning in post #1205: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=88514663&postcount=1205

Mod warning in post #2555: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=91819622&postcount=2555

Mod warning in post #2593: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=92025688&postcount=2593

Moderator: The above warnings mean it is not ok to buy, sell or swap (trade) any exam materials in this thread. Exam grids are the only exception. You may request and exchange exam grids but at no point will money be allowed to change hands for them.

Find more posts tagged with

Quick Links

Comments

bluerthanu

Fe1ak wrote: »

what essays are people leaving out for Criminal? does anyone think presumption of innocence will come up for a third time in a row, I have an essay prepared for it but would rather leave it out if I can

Personally, I’m going to opt to focus on right to silence mixed with access to a solicitor and detention/questioning for the procedure side. A repeat basically of Q 7 October 2019 is what I’d be thinking.

Fe1ak

what essays are people leaving out for Criminal? does anyone think presumption of innocence will come up for a third time in a row, I have an essay prepared for it but would rather leave it out if I can

FE1Nov20

Constitutional - I haven't seen many on here mention locus standi but I'm weary of it appearing again as a two in a row question - do people plan on covering it?? Really freaking out over this exam

FEONE

Hi everyone, does anybody have any condensed family notes for constitutional please? really struggling here

nmurphy1441

Company

Is receivership worth covering? Came up in March 2020. Have examinership and liquidation covered and trying to cut one or two topics!

Fe1user5555

ihatethesea wrote: »

Leaving out Family may be risky! The SC delivered a judgement in 2020 in Gorry v Minister for Justice. I'm personally hoping for a full question on it!!

But as someone previously said, an argument can be made for every single topic in Constitutional so at this point just go with what your gut!

thanks so much i'll have a look at it so

FE1Hopefully1

bigchungus wrote: »

First-timer sitting the exams here, just wondering how people are laying them out - the lecturer from one of the Night Before Notes said he recommends doing a notes dump at the beginning of each answer and not deleting it. Obviously planning on doing an essay plan, but wasn't actually planning on leaving the essay plan or rough work in my answer - do people do this?

Depends on what you’d usually do in an exam situation - for me I never ever have written a plan or anything.

There are notes and sticky pads which you can do rough work on but not sure if the examiner can see this but if you do leave it in before each answer I’d just make sure to label it rough work !!

ElMo7

For criminal, are people covering Actus Reus and Mens rea as a topic on their own for an essay/problem or just as they relate to the different offences?

EmmaO94

bigchungus wrote: »

First-timer sitting the exams here, just wondering how people are laying them out - the lecturer from one of the Night Before Notes said he recommends doing a notes dump at the beginning of each answer and not deleting it. Obviously planning on doing an essay plan, but wasn't actually planning on leaving the essay plan or rough work in my answer - do people do this?

I sat the exams online in Nov & did a 'notes dump' (love that!) for each Q but then went back and fleshed my answers out from them. Saved a lot of time than having to start each answer from scratch.

Have never heard of leaving your essay plans in your paper - I always did mine on the exam paper so examiner never saw it! Don't know what the merits would be? For me that was just my ultra rough work and wouldn't make sense to anyone else apart from me (all my plans are in ultra shorthand)

Fedone

bigchungus wrote: »

First-timer sitting the exams here, just wondering how people are laying them out - the lecturer from one of the Night Before Notes said he recommends doing a notes dump at the beginning of each answer and not deleting it. Obviously planning on doing an essay plan, but wasn't actually planning on leaving the essay plan or rough work in my answer - do people do this?

I’ve passed 6 exams and left plans for each answer in every single one. It definitely helps me to remember my points in the area I’m discussing and any relevant case law that I could forget as I’m writing. I think leaving it in can be helpful to show your line of thinking in case it’s not entirely evident from your words but at the same time I don’t know that for certain either. Obviously when the exams were written they had to be left in so I suppose you have more choice with an online version whether you want to or not. You definitely wouldn’t be penalized for leaving it in anyway so I think it’s no harm

awsah

bigchungus wrote: »

First-timer sitting the exams here, just wondering how people are laying them out - the lecturer from one of the Night Before Notes said he recommends doing a notes dump at the beginning of each answer and not deleting it. Obviously planning on doing an essay plan, but wasn't actually planning on leaving the essay plan or rough work in my answer - do people do this?

I do not do that, I suppose the only advantage I can see if that if you write something that is relevant and then forget to add it to the body the examiner might see it and give some marks but I just can't see the examiner giving marks for something that is not relevant to the specific question, otherwise people would get good marks on questions where they write everything they know on a topic as opposed to what the specific questions asks.
what I did in November was look a the question and type the topics and maybe some case law and then come back and fill in around it and made it neat and presentable.

lawstruggles20

@newFE1 - question for 2019 Spring q8 - answer a or b - A) "Discuss the circumstances in which a contract will be declared invalid on the grounds of economic duress. refer to cases in your answer".

"what contractual principles are used by court to protect persons who provide guarantees and securities to financial institutions that advance monies to close friends and family members of the guarantor?"

bigchungus

First-timer sitting the exams here, just wondering how people are laying them out - the lecturer from one of the Night Before Notes said he recommends doing a notes dump at the beginning of each answer and not deleting it. Obviously planning on doing an essay plan, but wasn't actually planning on leaving the essay plan or rough work in my answer - do people do this?

54321zz

Hi everyone, just double checking that the timetable for the exams is the one currently on Law Society website page? I just googled it and I think the original timetable came up so I'm having a little panic hahaha

Byrne11

HellsBellsxx wrote: »

Thanks so much pretty much what I’ve covered. Last min panic setting in now

Try not to stress, you'll be surprised how much you remember on the day! (easier said than done, I know!) & Best of luck to you!

HellsBellsxx

Thanks so much pretty much what I’ve covered. Last min panic setting in now

Byrne11

HellsBellsxx wrote: »

Just wondering what have people covered for criminal?

Hey,

I've covered/currently covering
- Sexual offences
- NFOAPA
- Offences against property
- Homicide
- Offences against the person
- Defences
- Bail, arrest,detention, Presumption of innocence & the courts
- Accomplice (accessory, joint enterprise etc).
What I'm briefly covering:[/U]
- Public order offences
- criminal damage
- inchoate offences
- participation in a crime
- offences against the state

awsah

ihatethesea wrote: »

Leaving out Family may be risky! The SC delivered a judgement in 2020 in Gorry v Minister for Justice. I'm personally hoping for a full question on it!!

But as someone previously said, an argument can be made for every single topic in Constitutional so at this point just go with what your gut!

could you tell us what that case determined?

ihatethesea

Fe1user5555 wrote: »

Would it be completely insane to leave out family and education for constitutional?

Leaving out Family may be risky! The SC delivered a judgement in 2020 in Gorry v Minister for Justice. I'm personally hoping for a full question on it!!

But as someone previously said, an argument can be made for every single topic in Constitutional so at this point just go with what your gut!

NewFe1

Does anyone have the March 19 contract paper? Looking to see what the essay question on duress was. Alternatively, can anyone tell me if it was just a question on economic duress. Thanks!

Fe1user5555

Would it be completely insane to leave out family and education for constitutional?

Fe1taker2020

Constitutional is by the far the most burdensome subject I’ve ever studied. Anyone else feeling entirely screwed for this exam?

NewFe1

Lawlawblahblah wrote: »

Are people focusing on natural law for constitutional interpretation q? Thank you!

I covered them all

HellsBellsxx

Just wondering what have people covered for criminal?

LS3

FE1s2021 wrote: »

Are people covering constructive trusts for equity?

im leaving it out because it has only come up twice in the last 6/7 sittings. I know the examiner has said though that it is consistently poorly answered or not answered at all and therefore easy to get marks in if you have the knowledge on it

Lealaw

FE1Nov20 wrote: »

I have Friends of the Irish Environment v An Bord Pleanala in notes for right to bodily integrity - brief line stating that right to an environment consistent with human dignity or right to healthy environment is impressible vague and does not bring matters beyond the right to bodily integrity

I looked at it under unenumerated rights 40.3.1 and a comment by Clarke CJ on separation of powers in the SC Friends of the Irish environment v government of Ireland.

The Merriman v Fingal CC and Friends of the Irish environment v Fingal CC argument was around the right to an environment as an unenumerated right and Barrett J also discussed the right to an environment being consistent with human dignity.

Al1501

murray132 wrote: »

This is the grid I’m going off

Thank you so much!

FE1Nov20

WesternC123 wrote: »

Can someone please tell me what topic this relates to?

I have Friends of the Irish Environment v An Bord Pleanala in notes for right to bodily integrity - brief line stating that right to an environment consistent with human dignity or right to healthy environment is impressible vague and does not bring matters beyond the right to bodily integrity

Lawlawblahblah

Are people focusing on natural law for constitutional interpretation q? Thank you!

legallyginger

bluerthanu wrote: »

FYI, I think there may be a bit of confusion about the case being referred to here. As far as I know (please correct me if I’m wrong) the case that’s important for constitutional law is Friends of the Irish Environment v Government of Ireland etc (which was a SC decision handed down last summer).

Friends of the Irish Environment v An Bord Pleanala is a case concerning planning law of some kind (I think). This case also happened to be handed down early last year by the SC.

I think the CC NBN confuses the two. It’s the former case, not the latter, that is important for constitutional law issues.

https://www.ejiltalk.org/the-supreme-court-of-irelands-decision-in-friends-of-the-irish-environment-v-government-of-ireland-climate-case-ireland/

this is a link to the first case, the second seems to be regarding peat extractions from a brief glance