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

Cursed a good bit when I spilt coffee on myself and didn't have time to clean it up.. just sat in the muck of my coffee for the exam... which was not ideal.

Does anyone know if the Law Soc have provided helpline numbers for issues during the exam? Checked my email but can't seem to find any other than the helpline numbers that are no longer valid

Could anyone briefly explain what the impact of UCC v ESB was on the Glencar test for DOC? Is it just that it no longer has to be fair just and reasonable to impose a DOC? Only just found out about the case and really don't want to read the judgement haha. TIA.

I believe the court questioned the used of just and equitable. They said in certain circumstances how can a court decide. They did set this judgement apart as ESB had a special level of control. That was my take and it could be wrong.

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Commenting on the Glencar test, the judges said that “We are not sure… that the use of that part of the test … to the effect that a court must determine whether it is “just and equitable” in all the circumstances to impose a duty of care, is really of any great assistance. It begs the question of how a court is to decide what is just and equitable. By reference to what criteria or considerations is the justice or equity of the case to be analysed?”

The court said that the ESB had a “special level of control over a danger”, (from Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police [2018] AC 736), and found that the case was one of the limited situations where the law imposes a duty to confer a benefit. This duty of care arises on the basis that the ESB had a “special and substantial level of control which would enable it to prevent or reduce harm arising from a flood danger”, and that the duty concerned could be specified with reasonable clarity so as not to impose an impermissibly vague obligation on the ESB.

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Can someone help me. Just wondering if a nervous shock problem question comes up how would you approach it without looking like you are rhyming off notes? Do you make reference to hambrook v Stoke bros and the test in mcloughlin v o brien and the deficiencies in lord wilberforces test for secondary victims per alock and go on to how the Irish test extended from reasonable foreseeability in Mullaly to Kelly v Hennessy, Cadbury, Fletcher sheehin v bus eireann etc?

or how would someone attempt it? Any pointers would be appreciated

If you watch the tort nbn video from around 16 minutes onwards, it talks through exactly how to tackle a nervous shock question and it's only ten minutes long! It wont let me link it but it was a few pages back.

I hope so - I'm leaving both of those out. I dunno why but I cannot for the life of me remember any of the 'changes implemented' details when I've tried to cover it.

Anyone who did a prep course given predictions for what might come up in property and in what format (PQ/Essay) wondering if I should prepare a draft answer for a potential Webb v Ireland essay Q?!!

Hi

Has anyone got an up to date grid for property.

TIA

Gus Hayes

Loaded fine for me there.

are you on Vodafone broadband ?

Yep, i know Vodafone has some issues but google and this seems to work fine (and Twitter of course) my exams start Wednesday so if I still have issues tomorrow with betterexaminations I’ll check with the law society.

thanks :)

anyone have the link for the exams to better examinations?

thanks... i'm sitting company tomorrow but exam is still not showing. am i the only one?

Do people put case law into the institutions essay for EU?