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

i have notes and answers for both EU and Property, was just looking to get in contact with someone who is doing a course for one or both of these topics

Thanks anyway :)

Yeah personally it is all I studied and I had 5 questions - and that is with Citizenship not making an appearance (usually always on the paper).

Learning the general principles/sources of law saved me though so definitely recommend having that - and if you are learning Fundamental Rights anyways it is an easy enough add on.

I panicked when I started EU and it ended up being one of the easiest FE1s to condense down and learn for me!

Can anyone tell me what came up on the EU paper for the last sitting please :) Which general principles?!

For property im covering in detail:

AP,

succession,

co-ownership,

mortgages,

landlord and tenant stuff

and family property...should this be enough or would it be advisable to cram something else in too?

Feeling the nerves begin to kick in already...and they're still a month away!

This was the Q - it was a multiple choice so you could have answered a Q primarily on Fundamental Rights or this.

a) What are the general principles of EU law and, using examples from the case-law of the CJEU, discuss how are they used by the CJEU to protect individuals and to ensure that the European Union institutions, and the Member States when implementing EU law, act in accordance with the rule of law? 

I listed them and then said i would pick a few to discuss and from memory it Proportionality/ legal certainty/expectation and transparency

@swankyslug and @fe1ki5 thank you both! Very helpful and will definitely add in easements...will try to cram finding in too if its easy to learn! Thanks again:)

That is great thank you so much!

you hardly have the EU paper from the last sitting do you?!

Definitely do findings too- it is very easy and won't take long! I think you're definitely covered bearing in mind Succession will take up two qs, mortgages is pretty guaranteed to be another q and you'll have 2 other topics covered with your other chapters!

It would be no harm just to learn an essay on land reg as an easy add on! I had learnt one essay on licences and ended up using it in the exam.

Contract -

If anyone would be so kind as to let me know what they are concentrating on for Contract I'd be very grateful. Feeling a bit swamped with it all.

Is anyone bothering to physically sit the exams this Sept./Oct. or is everyone doing them online?

Anyone have last sitting’s EU paper please 🙏🙏🙏 can exchange for criminal equity or property

I know the answer is probably no...but does anyone have a way to narrow down criminal law? I chose to sign up for it on the off chance I may have enough time to throw in one other subject but it looks like I will just be requesting a refund instead as I looked at the papers and the examiner appears to mix a lot of sections? I have written notes but haven't done any papers or rote learned any cases yet.

Any chance I could get it covered in a month? and if so what topics would people suggest focusing on?

TIA!!

Although Criminal does feel so overwhelming and I thought I was v unprepared, I ended up doing better in it than other subjects I felt confident for! So I wouldn’t throw in the towel too easily. The main thing is to cover a large range of topics but it isn’t necessary to cover them in a lot of detail. He is also a really nice marker- I answered a 4 part q without having covered 2 of the parts and he was so generous in his marking that I got away with it. Even if you miss a small issue of a q he doesn’t seem to punish you too badly.

I ended up just doing:

Actus Reus and Mens Rea, Complicity, Homocide, NFOAP, Sexual Offences, Inchoate, Defences (not all- look at predictions for these), Offences Against Property (again not in huge detail) and I was fine! I can send you notes/my paper if you need :)

i would advice doing the law school revision class its 2hrs long, think its 50euro and think they are next week, just to give you some guidance on what to cover etc

You have more than enough time.... you just need to be productive and disciplined for the next couple of weeks and you should be fine

Thank you so so much, really appreciated