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

Hey guys! Guess it's noses back to the grindstone now! Just wondering if anyone had any up-to-date Tort and EU exam grids they'd be willing to share. Have Criminal and Contract exam grids to trade! PM me

Good luck everyone!

Coulter97 wrote: »

apply

Really unhelpful, pointless comment.

Fe1newbie wrote: »

Anyone started studying for August yet? Or when do people plan on doing so

I’m only doing Tort as I did EU in March, have my notes made so won’t be starting until early-mid July

mmullen wrote: »

Get manuals sorted and go for it! Tort is a long course, 8 weeks is definitely needed for that. If you’ve never done it before it just depends on how capable you are at grasping the concepts and then learning off a lot of cases. You won’t know unless you try, but you have enough time and there’s a (fairly) good chance you’ll get them if you really apply yourself - think how relieved you’d be if you got them both and give it your best shot.

Thank you very much for this!

woodyman wrote: »

I have been looking through case note questions for EU and they seem somewhat predictable with many popular cases rotating every few years. I reckon its worth having as a backup at least.

Could anyone recommend where to get the material for case notes as the manuals are quite slim on individual cases?

I’m thinking the exact same as you but don’t k ow where to start. How many cases would you need to cover? Have any cases come up 2/3 sitting in a row?

Anyone just not studying rn? Just have tort in August and feeling like it’s too early to look at anything

So I got my constitution script yesterday, I knew I did 2 not so great but really thought I had answered 3 good questions. The 1st property question I was sured I did really well, I did Griffith course and based on their answers and it should have been sufficient for a least a pass but I only got 8! and the part questions I thought I did really well on only got 6 per q. Anyway I hadnt applied for a recheck but I did yesterday on the off chance that I would still be allowed and they accepted it. So anyone waiting on their scripts there is still hope! I got 46 in Const so all I need is another 4. I dont understand these results at all compared to university, I got a first in my degree with a lot less work then these exams.

nmurphy1441 wrote: »

Anyone have an EU grid handy for me?

Yep send on your email

Would I be right in thinking EU seems very repetitive? Are people only studying the repetitive topics or would that be considered very risky?

Healyjhow wrote: »

Would I be right in thinking EU seems very repetitive? Are people only studying the repetitive topics or would that be considered very risky?

I'd recommend having a basic grasp of all the topics, but I always focus my learning more on the repetitive topics. You'll find closer to the day, everyone will start trying to predict what's going to come up

There's nothing to stop examiners just deciding to throw a spanner in the works and change it all up.

I've began studying for Tort Law already. I prefer doing a bit every day rather than cramming loads in a small amount of time (I have a part-time job so I won't have the luxury of complete free time when we reopen next week). So in my opinion, speaking on the topic of when to start studying, I'd be on the side of starting asap so you don't leave yourself short of time come August.

I did law for 4 years and I studied Tort 4 years ago so I'm finding it quite easy to understand and grasp as I'm going through the manuals doing my own summised notes. This will be my first FE1 exam so I had decided to make use of a bad situation and go study during the lockdown and sit the August exam, give it my best go and see am I capable of passing the rest. In the words of Michael Jordan "that's all the motivation I needed".

With all that being said I do have a question of my own. I intend on doing just Tort for now in August. That'll leave me 7 left. I *should* do a few in October, hypothetically 3 so I don't leave myself a load to do in March and overdo it and burn myself out. I'm a little worried that if I pass Tort, and don't do 3 in the space between mid-August and early October I will not be eligible for Sep 2021 intake. Is it reasonable to do 3 in that time frame? Or am I rushing it all trying to do all 8 in the space of 8 months?

Hi All. I was wondering can someone let me know the topics that came up in the October 2019 sitting of tort? Thanks in advance.

Lallers96 wrote: »

I've began studying for Tort Law already. I prefer doing a bit every day rather than cramming loads in a small amount of time (I have a part-time job so I won't have the luxury of complete free time when we reopen next week). So in my opinion, speaking on the topic of when to start studying, I'd be on the side of starting asap so you don't leave yourself short of time come August.

I did law for 4 years and I studied Tort 4 years ago so I'm finding it quite easy to understand and grasp as I'm going through the manuals doing my own summised notes. This will be my first FE1 exam so I had decided to make use of a bad situation and go study during the lockdown and sit the August exam, give it my best go and see am I capable of passing the rest. In the words of Michael Jordan "that's all the motivation I needed".

With all that being said I do have a question of my own. I intend on doing just Tort for now in August. That'll leave me 7 left. I *should* do a few in October, hypothetically 3 so I don't leave myself a load to do in March and overdo it and burn myself out. I'm a little worried that if I pass Tort, and don't do 3 in the space between mid-August and early October I will not be eligible for Sep 2021 intake. Is it reasonable to do 3 in that time frame? Or am I rushing it all trying to do all 8 in the space of 8 months?

Depends on a few factors. If I were in your situation I’d make sure I chose the lighter subjects for October, eg. Property, Criminal for definite. However EU and constitutional need to be done in two separate sittings, and I’d recommend doing EU first so that leaves you with Property, Criminal and EU for October. If you’re only starting notes for these in mid August, that’s only 6 weeks in total...I don’t think this is enough time.


However, if you were off work or didn’t work at all, I think it would be doable. I took the months of June 2019 to May 2020 off. I passed all my exams and am just waiting to do tort in August.

It’s a personal choice. You could potentially give 2 weeks to each subject ... but I don’t think it’s worth the insane amount of stress the week before they start in October.

Maybe sit 2 in October - then you’ll have 5 for the following March, which is a lot, but if you had all your notes done by January you’d be sorted!

nmurphy1441 wrote: »

Can anyone tell me if they have noticed case notes on the EU paper come up in consecutive sittings?

I had a look at this the other day. Since Oct '15 (when this examiner started) there have only been 2 cases that have come up more than 50% of the time (Association Belge and Pringle v Ireland), but I did notice that 4 of the 8 cases asked in March '20 had come up in the previous sitting (Oct '19), but that was the largest overlap.

I can send you on my grid if you dm me your email.