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olliej

Leraf wrote: »

sapphire309 wrote: »

Is there anyone who is still writing notes, and is nowhere near starting to learn it all yet?

I am still writing notes, I am always the same.  I wont start learning until (hopefully) two weeks before although at this rate it may well be the week before.  Its the joy of working full time with no time off before the exams unfortunately, you just gotta try your best and hope for a bit of luck on the day

Same same. Working 40 hours a week and lucky to squeeze in 2 or maximum 3 hours in the evenings (of note- condensing, not even proper "studying"). The week before exams will be a cramming session and probably a slight mental breakdown

nailforhammer

Can anyone tell me what topic Q1 from Tort March 2018 is? I know it's a bit similar to Q3 March 2016. Is it Duty of Care for third parties, Home Office v Dorset Yacht? Or is it Nuisance?

Here's the question in case you don't have it to hand:

"Mary was sunbathing in her garden at home with her son, Michael (aged 17) and his friend Matthew {also aged 17). Michael and Matthew were very excited as they were going to a concert in the capital that evening. They became quite boisterous and were continually jostling with each other playing touch rugby. Mary was increasingly getting annoyed with them as she was finding it difficult to read her book. Moreover they would burst into loud singing every now and then. Mary would continually shout back at them to behave or she would not take them to the concert.
The boys began playing catch the ball, throwing the rugby ball between them. A couple of times, Michael would throw the ball so hard that it would go into the garden next door and the boys would have to climb over the wall and retrieve it. After a while, Mary's neighbour called over and spoke with Mary, asking for her to stop the boys from throwing the ball into her garden. Mary promised to sort it out.
Mary asked Michael and Matthew to avoid throwing the ball into the garden next door and instead to throw the ball lengthways down the garden. The end of the garden adjoined a busy road but there were a number of high trees which acted as a windbreak from the road.
Matthew was constantly throwing the ball so that it would hit off the trees. Mary told Matthew to stop but he replied simply by saying "You are not the boss of me." At one point, Matthew threw the ball so high it got caught in the branches of the trees. Matthew ran over to the tree and, despite Mary telling him to stop, began to shake it vigorously to dislodge the ball.
Suddenly, the ball went free falling into the road and bounced off Harry's windscreen. Harry panicked, slammed on the brakes and skidded into an adjacent wall.
Advise Mary as to whether she has any liability to Harry with respect to Matthew's actions."

Supermax1988

nailforhammer wrote: »

Can anyone tell me what topic Q1 from March 2018 is? I know it's a bit similar to Q3 March 2016. Is it Duty of Care for third parties, Home Office v Dorset Yacht? Or is it Nuisance?

DOC for 3rd parties

Freckley201

Anyone selling any Sample Answers (Griffith, Independ etc) for EU/Prop/Crim/Equity for 2016/2017/2018?

Thanks

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Pyggg

anyone know when the UCD Constitutional lecture is?

Teamhrach

Pyggg wrote: »

anyone know when the UCD Constitutional lecture is?

March!

For anyone studying ADMIN OF JUSTICE and the GILCHRIST & ROGERS case, here's a snippet of the examiner's paper at UCD.
https://twitter.com/ronanlupton/stat...36939912503297

Ronan Lupton has lots more tweets from the event if you go back.

Teamhrach

Teamhrach wrote: »

March!

For anyone studying ADMIN OF JUSTICE and the GILCHRIST & ROGERS case, here's a snippet of the examiner's paper at UCD.
https://twitter.com/ronanlupton/stat...36939912503297

Ronan Lupton has lots more tweets from the event if you go back.

This thread might be helpful for constitutional October 18:
https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057791596&page=6

lawless11

Quick question about mergers - if there are coordinated effects, it means that the merger will be invalidated by the Commission because of the collective dominance?

Also, if there is an essay on this topic - does it basically involves just an enumeration of articles of the Regulation 139/2004 and the changes? My manual has like 2-3 examples of mergers and that's it.


Also thoughts about the odds of State Aid & Participation being on the EU exam?

Otherwise, I don't think I'm going to bother learning the Private International Law for EU for starters. Nor the detailed history of Treaties even though I do know the succession of them more or less precisely.

Vegetarian2017

Property
I am covering:
Succession
Easements
Co-ownership
Adverse possession(do we need to know much re leasehold?)
Finding
Land reg /unreg
Family (does the marraige act change much re cohab re redress etc?
Am working off old notes

holliek

What are people's thoughts on bringing legislation in? In particular Companies Act.. I'm assuming most people probably bring it but considering the size of the Companies Act did you find yourself actually using it much in the exam?

Trying to decide if it could possibly be a bigger distraction than an exam aid.

TIA

ArthurDayne

holliek wrote: »

What are people's thoughts on bringing legislation in? In particular Companies Act.. I'm assuming most people probably bring it but considering the size of the Companies Act did you find yourself actually using it much in the exam?

Trying to decide if it could possibly be a bigger distraction than an exam aid.

TIA

Honestly on the night before the exam you will be glad of not having a pile of numbers overlapping all the case names you will have memorised (or indeed legislative exceptions which you won't have to memorise to the letter) -- and as well as that sometimes the legislation can act as a memory trigger.  Because you are assumed to have the Act in front of you, you won't get any credit or extra marks for correctly citing the article numbers or writing out the provisions -- but by the same assumption you may get hit hard for incorrect referencing of numbering or imprecise description of the provisions.

Buy a good bundle of multi-coloured tabs and have your Act tabbed well and colour coded -- you will fly through it.  The cost of the Act is of course a bit of a b*****ks but you might pick a cheap one up online second-hand or just re-sell after the exam to cut your losses (I re-sold mine for 70 for e.g.).

hopefullawyer

Previously re Equity does PE mean Proprietary Estoppel? What do people think will come up for Company and Contract?

lawlad101

Vegetarian2017 wrote: »

Property
I am covering:
Succession
Easements
Co-ownership
Adverse possession(do we need to know much re leasehold?)
Finding
Land reg /unreg
Family (does the marraige act change much re cohab re redress etc?
Am working off old notes

It looks good, I would also throw in mortgages if you have time maybe.
As for leasehold, I don't have much, just that AP kicks in after leasehold interest is expired.


How is everyone getting on? I don't know how much longer I can take of working full time and studying

sapphire309

lawlad101 wrote: »

It looks good, I would also throw in mortgages if you have time maybe.
As for leasehold, I don't have much, just that AP kicks in after leasehold interest is expired.


How is everyone getting on? I don't know how much longer I can take of working full time and studying

Not very well... I only finish up work on Friday, and am still taking notes. I'll be very lucky if I get started learning next week

Hope everyone is getting on better than I am at least!

LawStudent2018

Anyone still waiting on an email from Law Society?

Leraf

LawStudent2018 wrote: »

Anyone still waiting on an email from Law Society?

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I got the email confirming my application but not the letter with my exam number.



I wouldn't worry, yours will come through soon enough. That's when the real panic sets in as you know there is no going back

GingerAleSnail

I didn't get any acknowledgment yet but they cashed the cheque alright!

Tommybojangles

Hey guys, does anyone have a list of what came up in equity or criminal in March?

Blazedup

What's ur top qs for eu?
Mine is
1.citizenship / worker / q
2. Institutions
3.jr
4d.e
5art101
6fmog
7sources and gen principles
8.equality

yournerd

Has anyone bought the first class notes on adverts?

L124

yournerd wrote: »

Has anyone bought the first class notes on adverts?

Yeah bought one set a while ago to judge - thought it’d make life easy. Found them useless so had to read the manual to make my own notes. Which I’ve to start doing this week.

TomOnBoard

I'd be so grateful for an updated contract law exam grid. Thanking in advance.

Pyggg

Hey not sure if it has been posted but was jut reading the Property exam report from March 2018 with new examiner. Explicitly says the failure rate was 15%. He might have been easy as it was his first year but just thought I'd let everyone know to put some minds at ease!

lawlad101

Pyggg wrote: »

Hey not sure if it has been posted but was jut reading the Property exam report from March 2018 with new examiner. Explicitly says the failure rate was 15%. He might have been easy as it was his first year but just thought I'd let everyone know to put some minds at ease!

Yeah hopefully he doesn't want to 'rock the boat' too much in his first year.

Pyggg

Tommybojangles wrote: »

Hey guys, does anyone have a list of what came up in equity or criminal in March?

Criminal:
Q 1 Problem: Causation, Murder, Insanity, Automatism
Q 2 Problem: Threats, Sexual offences
Q 3 Essay: Bail
Q 4 Problem: Murder, Manslaughter, Provocation
Q 5 Essay: Incitement
Q 6 Problem: Causation, Complicity, Assault, Harassment, Criminal Damage, Perjury, Contempt, Public Order, Conspiracy
Q 7 Problem: Theft, Burglary, Deception, False Accounting, Possession
Q 8 Essay: Omissions

PuffleHuffLyra

I have a quick question re: constitutional.

How do you know whether to apply the non-delegation doctrine or ultra vires? Do you just mention the presumption of constitutionality and the double construction rule, and say it could go either way for every question, but acknowledge the preference for a constitutional reading (which would result in ultra vires)?

From the case law I always find it difficult to see the reasoning behind how some cases were read as UV whilst others applied the non-delegation doctrine. I'm not confident I'd know which route to go in an exam, especially with a strict time limit.

sapphire309

Any topics that people reckon would be safe to leave out for Contract?

hopefullawyer

In relation to Mandatory Interlocutory Injunctions for my notes should I focus on just them or include a little background regarding Mandatory Injunctions in general! Thanks!

Hope everyone is doing okay in their study, only a few weeks left!

Tony_TwoLegs

Can anyone help:
I'm looking for the topics of both Tort exams last yr (2017).
It be much appreciated

Teamhrach

Equity students

I've reached a new low in the FE1 study - "YouTube-ing" definitions! But this channel is very helpful in explaining cases etc
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuiL_L-CZ1h46CKi-CANc1g/videos