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

lsheehaneire wrote: »

Because I ran out of colors pretty quickly with EU I have used symbols on some tabs so for example I have used a pink tab for all the institutions. Plain pink for the parliament and then a pink tab with zig zag for the commission and a pink tab with horizontal lines for the courts etc.... I hope this is ok ??

No, I marked a single dot on some pink tabs as ran out of colours and they snipped them off before the exam. plain tab or they will remove. Fell foul of this myself last October.

lsheehaneire wrote: »

Oh noooo! Thanks for letting me know . They are only do spot checks this time so i might chance it ....

Yeah does that mean that we don't have to hand in our Blackstones beforehand?

It is obvious why legislation has to be submitted the day before so it can be santised.I think online exams with a time extension are a much better option than 3 hours in a mask.

vid36 wrote: »

It is obvious why legislation has to be submitted the day before so it can be santised.I think online exams with a time extension are a much better option than 3 hours in a mask.

I wouldn't want someone flicking through and breathing on my Blackstone Articles after flicking through 100 others. As far as I'm aware you can't sanitise paper without wetting it!

Could someone send me an up to date Tort grid please?

Boltabb wrote: »

I haven't either. Also didn't get the email last week about the Covid form to fill in. Quite concerned I've fallen through a gap somewhere - had registration confirmed back in June.

No one got an email to fill in that form - you just fill it in yourself on the website.

I got an email to fill it in.

Oh I didnt. I just filled it in on the website, then got a confirmation email to say I have filled it in and I got my letter today

Fe1student1234 wrote: »

Oh I didn’t get a confirmation that I filled it in

Same I didn't get any confirmation email once I had it filled in, and I also haven't gotten a letter from the law society yet. Complete joke it's all left this late

I think the no water thing was a bit of an exaggeration. Doesn't say anywhere in letter it is prohibited. Its not included in list of items allowed into exam but they have always said 'no food/drinks' and everyone has water with them anyway. I'll be taking mine especially stuck in a facemask for 3hrs

Slightly (very) worried about EU. Is this enough:

1. Competition
2. Equality
3. FMOG
4. FMOW
5. Citizenship
6. Member state liability
7. Direct effect
8. Judicial review
9. General principles/ FR

channing90 wrote: »

Very hard to learn 20, your more than sorted if you have them.
I am gambling with these:

Defamation
Vicarious liability
Rylands
Nuisance
Occupiers liability
Defective products
Damages
Limitations
Negligence (duty of care, causation etc
Tort of passing off
Nervous shock
Res ISpa loquitor
Employers liability
Contributory negligence.

Yeah like realistically and thinking objectively, you will be fine with those topics more often than not. But subjectively, I got badly burned by Tort in a past sitting where I cut topics and could only answer 4 on the day, so I have an irrational fear about Tort more than any other subject It was a particularly difficult paper though

Absolute ball of anxiety.

I'm nervous about issue spotting, correctly identifying the issue/topic being examined but I'm particularly worried about Duty of Care. I reckon it's due a run, and I will be avoiding all the essay questions at all costs, but I don't know how to apply all the cases/facts to a problem question on DoC.

I know this sounds really stupid but I know the cases and the development etc, but I don't know what I should say or include in a problem question about duty of care? Take the two recent exam questions, question 1 March 18 and question 1 march 17. I wouldn't even know where to start and would really appreciate if someone could give me a steer or pointers or sample answer cos it is stressing the life out of me!

Please and thank you so much

OMGWACA wrote: »

Absolute ball of anxiety.

I'm nervous about issue spotting, correctly identifying the issue/topic being examined but I'm particularly worried about Duty of Care. I reckon it's due a run, and I will be avoiding all the essay questions at all costs, but I don't know how to apply all the cases/facts to a problem question on DoC.

I know this sounds really stupid but I know the cases and the development etc, but I don't know what I should say or include in a problem question about duty of care? Take the two recent exam questions, question 1 March 18 and question 1 march 17. I wouldn't even know where to start and would really appreciate if someone could give me a steer or pointers or sample answer cos it is stressing the life out of me!

Please and thank you so much

March 18 q1 is hitting on liability for 3rd parties. It’s not in some manuals poorly enough, but in Lawschool.ie one. I haven’t covered it as I think it’s a really narrow area and he won’t repeat. Open to correction.

March 17 Q1 is more about the standard of care imo but again, I am open to correction - facts extremely similar to vowels v Evans (from memory).

Does anyone know if you can use an Age Card or a Public Services Card for ID on the day? My passport is out of date (would still probs be fine) and I don’t drive. Thanks!

OMGWACA wrote: »

Absolute ball of anxiety.

I'm nervous about issue spotting, correctly identifying the issue/topic being examined but I'm particularly worried about Duty of Care. I reckon it's due a run, and I will be avoiding all the essay questions at all costs, but I don't know how to apply all the cases/facts to a problem question on DoC.

I know this sounds really stupid but I know the cases and the development etc, but I don't know what I should say or include in a problem question about duty of care? Take the two recent exam questions, question 1 March 18 and question 1 march 17. I wouldn't even know where to start and would really appreciate if someone could give me a steer or pointers or sample answer cos it is stressing the life out of me!

Please and thank you so much

Those are tricky ones imo, I struggle with them also. For March 18 - I would establish whether theres a public nuisance, then a duty of care to Harry. Once established, consider whether Mary is vicariously liable for Matthew's actions injuring Harry. W/ Mar 17 - I would establish the school owed Sam a duty not to cause him reasonably foreseeable injury etc.. Then decide whether the school is vicariously liable for Peter's decision to allow Sam to continue playing, considering a frolic regarding breach of procedure and whether Sam is contributorily negligent considering his age.

Going off other responses I may be well off. It would be interesting if others could chime in about what they think of this one!

Morrissey v HSE is a 2020 case for vicarious liability and professional negligence

Does anybody have an easy on the development of the duty of care that they are willing to share?

When people say they are covering duty of care - what do you mean - that you're covering the entire chapter?

I have notes on most other tort topics that I am more than happy to swap in return.

Thanks all.

Small tip for EU -

So while I've been studying EU, a lot of the time I'm like God, EU law is an absolute mess. This reminded me of a tip the City Colleges lecturer said in their night before notes video that they put up back in March - Try to as much as possible to take a pro-EU stance. I think he said the examiner prefers this as opposed to ripping it to shreds. I'm thinking mainly in terms of the democratic deficit, problems with judicial review, that kind of thing. Be critical but don't be overly harsh.

Not sure how useful this will be but meh, thought it was worth sharing!

LawStudent1234 wrote: »

what topic is democratic deficit in? don't think i have that in my manual or else i missed it

Democratic deficit refers to how the Commission and the Council hold most of the power but the Parliament is the only institution directly elected by the people, basically just the Institutions topic generally

I'm covering it just in case I'm stuck as I really don't want to do an institutions question, can't seem to absorb it whatsoever