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effinnblindin

Random Company Law question that is bugging me. If a transferee has paid for shares but the directors refuse to register him/her the transferor remains the legal owner and but holds the shares on trust for the transferee. The manual I have says that this means that the transferor must pay the unregistered transferee the dividends and also vote according to the unregistered transferee's wishes. Does this mean that being refused registration by the directors is irrelevant as the transferor is now a puppet for the unregistered share holder? Or am I missing something here?

bivo87

i wonder does anyone know what came up in the last two EU papers? My notes that i am using are from the Autumn sitting in 2015. i am conscious also that as they are a year old, i could be missing vital information or recent judgments? is there any that I should be aware of that would not be in these notes?

Also wondering does anyone have any thoughts on the recent Apple decision and this coming paper? :-)

clare2015

Are we allowed post a request for exam grids now?

scooby321

Has everybody decided on the topics they are doing? Only able to choose 5 topics per subject do to work. Curious as to what topics people have chosen for Equity, EU, Contract and Criminal? I have grids but they don't seem very helpful in some subjects.

Redo91

scooby321 wrote: »

Has everybody decided on the topics they are doing? Only able to choose 5 topics per subject do to work. Curious as to what topics people have chosen for Equity, EU, Contract and Criminal? I have grids but they don't seem very helpful in some subjects.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but 5 topics won't be enough. Criminal in particular has a lot of mixing of topics into the one question so you'll find yourself unable to answer 5 full questions (if you're lucky). I think the same applies for contract. You might be ok with EU from what I can remember.

scooby321

thanks Redo. I am aware of that but there is nothing else I can do. EU seems to be tough to choose 5 topics from, I am thinking the following topics for EU:

Preliminary Reference
Supremacy
Competition Articles 01 & 102
Services & Establishment
Citizenship

What do people think?

The Talking Bread

scooby321 wrote: »

thanks Redo. I am aware of that but there is nothing else I can do. EU seems to be tough to choose 5 topics from, I am thinking the following topics for EU:

Preliminary Reference
Supremacy
Competition Articles 01 & 102
Services & Establishment
Citizenship

What do people think?

Your backing yourself into a corner. You may get lucky but for EU you would want to have at least 6 topics. If you can manage 5 topics, you can manage 6.

scooby321

Which 6 do you recommend?

The Talking Bread

scooby321 wrote: »

Which 6 do you recommend?

I have done EU a while ago now. Perhaps someone on the thread may recommend? Do you not have an exam grid to see the frequency of topics etc?

scooby321

I do have the exam grid but it's difficult to know what will come up as there doesn't seem to be much of a pattern

Redhighking

irishasj wrote: »

Hi all,

Hope the study is going well. Can anyone please tell me what came up in Tort in Spring 2015?

Covering the below topics, do you think this will suffice or any tips?

Standard / Duty of Care
Causation /Remoteness
Trespass to the Person
Defamation
Liability for Animals
Nuisance
Products Liability
Vicarious Liability
Nervous Shock
Occupier’s Liability

I am pretty sure Occupier's Liability, Vicarious Liability and Trespass to the Person can up last year, might want to add other topics like Professional Negligence (Medical), Employer's Liability and Limitation of Actions.

Redhighking

irishasj wrote: »

Hi all,

Hope the study is going well. Can anyone please tell me what came up in Tort in Spring 2015?

Covering the below topics, do you think this will suffice or any tips?

Standard / Duty of Care
Causation /Remoteness
Trespass to the Person
Defamation
Liability for Animals
Nuisance
Products Liability
Vicarious Liability
Nervous Shock
Occupier’s Liability

I am pretty sure Occupier's Liability, Vicarious Liability and Trespass to the Person came up last year, might want to add other topics like Professional Negligence (Medical), Employer's Liability and Limitation of Actions to be safe.

Flamingo125

I'm working and studying and totally exhausted all the time and find my study time is so unproductive in that I'm sitting there for hours and getting through so little - signed up for property, equity, criminal, and company!

4 weeks to go and have practically all of each course to do - any advice on best way to approach?

The Talking Bread

Flamingo125 wrote: »

I'm working and studying and totally exhausted all the time and find my study time is so unproductive in that I'm sitting there for hours and getting through so little - signed up for property, equity, criminal, and company!

4 weeks to go and have practically all of each course to do - any advice on best way to approach?

are you signed up to a course?
Pick one topic from each subject today
Succession
Injunctions
Offences againt person
Directors

Sit down, study them and only them for the next two days. It will wet your appetite and build your confidence and take the pressure off yourself. Then pick 4 more for the next few days and take 15 minutes each to revise/refresh the former 4 every now and then, and so non and so forth.

Eventually you will get in a rythm and you will, dare I say it, look forward to opening a book, knowing it will be somewhat productive and it will make you feel better.
Studying is easier than worrying about studying.

Redo91

Redhighking wrote: »

I am pretty sure Occupier's Liability, Vicarious Liability and Trespass to the Person can up last year, might want to add other topics like Professional Negligence (Medical), Employer's Liability and Limitation of Actions.

I basically have the same topics covered plus Professional Negligence and Rylands. 12 topics in all. Should I be OK if we're you just saying to Redhighking that they should maybe add another topic or two just to be safe?

Redhighking

Redo91 wrote: »

I basically have the same topics covered plus Professional Negligence and Rylands. 12 topics in all. Should I be OK if we're you just saying to Redhighking that they should maybe add another topic or two just to be safe?

Is Ryland v Fletcher being floated as likely to make an appearance?

Redo91

Redhighking wrote: »

Is Ryland v Fletcher being floated as likely to make an appearance?

Not a clue to be honest. I just covered it because it's sort of linked with liability for animals under the scienter rule and it's a short topic.

Koakes

Hi there folks , after debating for a long time to do the FE1s, I decided to take the plunge and am sitting Company,Property, Equity and Contract in October. After swearing never to do another law exam again, the legal route seems to be calling ðŸ˜

One area that I'm concerned about is Company. I studied in 2010/11, before the 2014 Act. I'm working off 2014 Manuals and am concerned that I might be missing something. I've looked at Practitioner outlines of the main changes and am trying to weave them into my notes.
What areas are people covering? So far I've covered
Separate Legal Personality ,
Shareholder Protection & Transmission Shares
Borrowing
Directors Duties during insolvency

Any tips/suggestions/arrow pointing would be greatly appreciated!!

Redhighking

Redo91 wrote: »

Not a clue to be honest. I just covered it because it's sort of linked with liability for animals under the scienter rule and it's a short topic.

Thats a good idea, I will prob add a bit to my liability for animals notes to include a small bit extra on Rylands and Res Ipsa Loquitur principle in case they make a separate appearance on the paper.

Redo91

Redhighking wrote: »

Thats a good idea, I will prob add a bit to my liability for animals notes to include a small bit extra on Rylands and Res Ipsa Loquitur principle in case they make a separate appearance on the paper.

Ya it's probably no harm considering it's such a short topic. I think we've both enough covered at that. We would be fairly unlucky to get caught out.

legallywrecked

Hi all,

Just wondering how much studying people are doing on average for the october sitting? am worried not enough studying is being done and wondering if I should hold off until the March sitting! have been catching up on the lectures of a prep course for 4 subjects over the last number of weeks but actual cramming hasn't started yet.

scooby321

How far in are you in the lectures?

legallywrecked

I have about 4 x 14hr days left to do before i'm fully caught up on them all

scooby321

legallywrecked wrote: »

I have about 4 x 14hr days left to do before i'm fully caught up on them all

I am the same - have only done week 1 of two subjects. I still think there is time though and its worth a chance. And if it goes horribly wrong, at least we know what we are getting into the next time around. Have you chosen your topics for each subject?

legallywrecked

Thanks for the positivity I needed that today

No I haven't thought of which topics to cover yet, from the lectures I've done some are sticking more than others so once I get all the lectures watched I'll have a look at the exam grid and make those big decisions! Have you decided yours?

I'm doing Company, Criminal, Contract and EU this time round. EU has always been my downfall so if I can even get myself somewhat sorted for the other 3 and go into EU with a few candles lit I'll be happy!

Dunne1995

How much do people tend to write per question roughly? I'm conscious that we only have a little over a half hour per question and I'm wondering the kind of depth you get into when answering.

starbar91

scooby321 wrote: »

Has everybody decided on the topics they are doing? Only able to choose 5 topics per subject do to work. Curious as to what topics people have chosen for Equity, EU, Contract and Criminal? I have grids but they don't seem very helpful in some subjects.

Hi there,

New to this and just reading back - I don't know if it's allowed or not - but by any chance could I get the exam grids for Equity and Contract off you??

Hope study's going well..

Thanks

Flamingo125

Thanks a mill for your help, I will try that, sounds like a good plan

They are so daunting, no I have not signed up to any course, just working off the Independent College Manuals.

Would you say to work on all 4 subjects is the best approach aiming to pass them all, or to focus my study on 3 and then just see how much time I have left for the fourth?

Rebelgirl87

Flamingo125 wrote: »

Thanks a mill for your help, I will try that, sounds like a good plan

They are so daunting, no I have not signed up to any course, just working off the Independent College Manuals.

Would you say to work on all 4 subjects is the best approach aiming to pass them all, or to focus my study on 3 and then just see how much time I have left for the fourth?

If l was you l would focus on the 4 with the aim to passing 3 if you get the 4th it is a bonus. Don't neglict the 4th on the off chance something goes wrong in one of the other exams you have the 4th as a back up. That is just my opinion.

scooby321

starbar91 wrote: »

Hi there,

New to this and just reading back - I don't know if it's allowed or not - but by any chance could I get the exam grids for Equity and Contract off you??

Hope study's going well..

Thanks

It appears to be allowed after the moderators last post? I only have them written out so can send you pictures as I don't have a scanner to convert to PDF

hullaballoo

Sorry for the delay in coming back in relation to this. I have updated the thread title temporarily and added the following to the first post:

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.

bluntspoon

Does anyone have an exam grid for Tort from somewhere other than Griffith? I've noticed a few errors on the Griffith grid and it's sent me into a panic that I've been planning my topics all wrong!

TheCrutzer

With regards to Constitutional, does anyone have any suggestions of how to break down the topics? Is there anything at all that I can leave out because the size of it and the range of questions is just starting to seem too big.

Tigerbalm1

legallywrecked wrote: »

I have about 4 x 14hr days left to do before i'm fully caught up on them all

If you're stuck for time try watching the lecture videos at 1.5 or double speed, they usually talk very slow anyways. Better to put the head down for a few weeks and see what you can do than putting them off until March, a bit of pressure can help with the study.

scooby321

legallywrecked wrote: »

Thanks for the positivity I needed that today

No I haven't thought of which topics to cover yet, from the lectures I've done some are sticking more than others so once I get all the lectures watched I'll have a look at the exam grid and make those big decisions! Have you decided yours?

I'm doing Company, Criminal, Contract and EU this time round. EU has always been my downfall so if I can even get myself somewhat sorted for the other 3 and go into EU with a few candles lit I'll be happy!

No topics decided yet either, just trying to watch some lectures and go from there!

Dunne1995

Anyone know if you can exclude implied terms of a contract (s.13-15 of 1893 act) in a commercial contract? Specifically looking at q.3 on the August 2015 paper. I have in notes that you can't do it for consumer unless fair and reasonable but does this also apply to commercial contracts?

Gunslinger92

scooby321 wrote: »

It appears to be allowed after the moderators last post? I only have them written out so can send you pictures as I don't have a scanner to convert to PDF

I wonder could I have them too? I'd really appreciate it

lightspeed

Hey all

I've decided i want to pursue law as a career and im now recently unemployed.

So im going to be studying FE1 on a full time basis and aim to sit them at next spring set of exams.

Im a little unsure as to where i should start. I completed a degree in business and law about 2 years ago. I didnt do brilliant in all law subjects but I wasnt aiming to as it was a part tiime degree and I was working full time.

Now that i can study law full time, I feel ill be better able to prepare for exams.

Im wondering where i should start? I see most FE-1 prep courses started back in June and are still ongoing.

I plan to do a FE1 prep course but in the meantime would anyone advise on what i could do to self teach myself at the moment?

I feel EU law will be among the most challenging of them all. Would it be worthwhile to get some nutshells books or otherwise to get a basic knowledge of EU law?

The Talking Bread

Anyone think Landlord and Tenant Law is worth starting on at this stage? I would like to think I have enough topics covered in Succession, Adverse Possession, Easements and Profits, Registered/non Registered land, co-ownership and probably licences. Will do a brief overview of Ownership, Possession and Treasure Trove also.

L & T seems like a lot of material (35 pages in Griffith Manual) so the risk of taking it up now to the detriment of other topic study time seems high, relatively speaking.

Anyone think its a topic that is one of the easier? Or is it just more hassle than its worth at this stage?

nuac

lightspeed wrote: »

Hey all

I've decided i want to pursue law as a career and im now recently unemployed.

So im going to be studying FE1 on a full time basis and aim to sit them at next spring set of exams.

Im a little unsure as to where i should start. I completed a degree in business and law about 2 years ago. I didnt do brilliant in all law subjects but I wasnt aiming to as it was a part tiime degree and I was working full time.

Now that i can study law full time, I feel ill be better able to prepare for exams.

Im wondering where i should start? I see most FE-1 prep courses started back in June and are still ongoing.

I plan to do a FE1 prep course but in the meantime would anyone advise on what i could do to self teach myself at the moment?

I feel EU law will be among the most challenging of them all. Would it be worthwhile to get some nutshells books or otherwise to get a basic knowledge of EU law?

Talk to some practising lawyers, both solicitors and barristers

Sit in at some couirts

Read some decided cases - can get thousands on the Court Services pages here.

Good luck

living the reality

lightspeed wrote: »

Hey all

I've decided i want to pursue law as a career and im now recently unemployed.

So im going to be studying FE1 on a full time basis and aim to sit them at next spring set of exams.

Im a little unsure as to where i should start. I completed a degree in business and law about 2 years ago. I didnt do brilliant in all law subjects but I wasnt aiming to as it was a part tiime degree and I was working full time.

Now that i can study law full time, I feel ill be better able to prepare for exams.

Im wondering where i should start? I see most FE-1 prep courses started back in June and are still ongoing.

I plan to do a FE1 prep course but in the meantime would anyone advise on what i could do to self teach myself at the moment?

I feel EU law will be among the most challenging of them all. Would it be worthwhile to get some nutshells books or otherwise to get a basic knowledge of EU law?

I'd pick up some second hand manuals and start going through the material needed for the exams. At least you'll a head start by the time the prep courses start!

living the reality

lightspeed wrote: »

Hey all

I've decided i want to pursue law as a career and im now recently unemployed.

So im going to be studying FE1 on a full time basis and aim to sit them at next spring set of exams.

Im a little unsure as to where i should start. I completed a degree in business and law about 2 years ago. I didnt do brilliant in all law subjects but I wasnt aiming to as it was a part tiime degree and I was working full time.

Now that i can study law full time, I feel ill be better able to prepare for exams.

Im wondering where i should start? I see most FE-1 prep courses started back in June and are still ongoing.

I plan to do a FE1 prep course but in the meantime would anyone advise on what i could do to self teach myself at the moment?

I feel EU law will be among the most challenging of them all. Would it be worthwhile to get some nutshells books or otherwise to get a basic knowledge of EU law?

I'd pick up some second hand manuals and start going through the material needed for the exams. At least you'll have a head start by the time the prep courses start!

annmc882

Is there anything that can be left out of contract and still be safe? I know she loves mixing topics tho ... Any tips would be great.
I've tort , contact , criminal , property grids updated if anyone is stuck.

annmc882

The only legislative sources candidates may bring with them into the examinations are listed below.
Candidates may only bring into the examinations the original, unmarked (except for highlighting and
underlining) publications. Photocopies or copies printed from the internet are not acceptable.



This is prob a daft question but where can I order it from so?

annmc882

I found this on an old thread, thanks



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hiyakeano

Does anyone have an up to date Equity exam grid they could pass on to me? I'm really starting to panic over the sheer volume of work and need to start strategically cutting down!
I have criminal, contract and property grids for anyone in need!

The Talking Bread

hiyakeano wrote: »

Does anyone have an up to date Equity exam grid they could pass on to me? I'm really starting to panic over the sheer volume of work and need to start strategically cutting down!
I have criminal, contract and property grids for anyone in need!

Send me your email by mail and I'll send you one

scooby321

Gunslinger92 wrote: »

I wonder could I have them too? I'd really appreciate it

mail me your email address and ill send them to you

legalease2172

Does anybody have an up to date Constitutional Exam Grid?!

TheCrutzer

I do. mail me your email address and I'll send it to you.