[Matthias.D]

both q's were based on previous mark schemes so people shouldn't have found it too hard. I still believe JP was considerably harder due to law reform being the same question every year and controls being easy. but that's just my opinion :P

[jk122]

(Original post by lecturerinlaw)
Judicial precedent was by far easier than DL in my opinion. I was taken totally by suprise that Precedent was repeated again. The topics were similar to June last year although I believe OCR made a typo by stating the DL question was about Legislation and Delegated Legislation. It should have been Law Reform and Delegated Legislation. My students were very happy with the DL question as we had revised those same questions yesterday.

Hi you know for the DL question what was you meant to write down for part B? Also how much are you meant to relate to the source i just wrote down as stated in source B etc is this enough?

[lecturerinlaw]

Where relevant students should have referred to the Source by stating that as shown in Source A/B where it states '....' I just dont have time to do that at the minute

b1) - Local authorities or local corporations usually in the form of bylaws which are national in effect. Example is 'no dogs on the beach'. Cover local issues only, these bodies are most suitable as they have better knowledge of local issues and can make law to suit those needs


b11) Ministers of Government and their relevant departments, suitable as the law made by these deparments, statutory instruments are national in effect and legislation concerning police powers would affect the whole country. They are staffed by experts who have more time to focus on the legislation in detail than Parliament.

b111) The Privy Council which is made up of the Queen and Senior Politicians. Orders in COuncil are drafted by the government department and approved by the Queen and PC. Best body as they are able to make laws in an emergency when Parliament is not sitting. The powers to do this come from the Emergency Powers Act 1920. An example is the reclassification of cannabis under the Misuse of drugs Act or any other example.

The above is what generally an answer should contain. Although I agree that it was not particularly worded in the best way - it was still possible for students to get the gist of the demands of the question

[lecturerinlaw]

(Original post by Matthias.D)
both q's were based on previous mark schemes so people shouldn't have found it too hard. I still believe JP was considerably harder due to law reform being the same question every year and controls being easy. but that's just my opinion :P

This was by far the easiest precedent question I have come across in over ten years. Question B was all about the Court of Appeal so one had to bear in mind that they are bound by their own decisions (Davis v Johnson), bound by the Supreme Court etc, Young exceptions and then apply that to the scenario questions

c1) methods of avoiding precedent for the Court of Appeal including again Young v Bristol Aeroplane

The source might have put students off but I had literally forced this Miliangos Source in my students' mind so those who answered it were ok. Let's hope they answered the questions properly though

[Matthias.D]

(Original post by lecturerinlaw)
This was by far the easiest precedent question I have come across in over ten years. Question B was all about the Court of Appeal so one had to bear in mind that they are bound by their own decisions (Davis v Johnson), bound by the Supreme Court etc, Young exceptions and then apply that to the scenario questions

c1) methods of avoiding precedent for the Court of Appeal including again Young v Bristol Aeroplane

The source might have put students off but I had literally forced this Miliangos Source in my students' mind so those who answered it were ok. Let's hope they answered the questions properly though

Yes, It's basically the same question from Jan 2011 throughout

[jk122]

(Original post by atti.08)
It was an amazing paper! I was happy when I saw JP and even more happier when I saw DL.

The B part of del leg was just the people who allow Bylaws, OIC and SI to happen. So local councils, the privy council and ministers/government.

Well, according to my teacher! :')

Really good paper though.

When you related to the source did you just write "as stated in source A.." thats all i did im kinda worried i didnt relate to it enough

[Student-Andrew]

(Original post by jk122)
When you related to the source did you just write "as stated in source A.." thats all i did im kinda worried i didnt relate to it enough

hey,

when i related it to the source i just said 'as stated in lines 2' ect

[jk122]

(Original post by Student-Andrew)
hey,

when i related it to the source i just said 'as stated in lines 2' ect

Oh good me too lol

[jk122]

(Original post by atti.08)
I wrote down the line numbers like: in source B lines 10-15 describes one of the reasons why the controls of the courts aren't effective..then I just extended it to describe in depth.

Or another example was: in source A from lines 4-5 it tells us how the government created a full time body, this was created in 1965..etc.

Just like that, it's not exactly what I wrote in the exam but along those lines

Oh ok good i did something like that aswell thanks for replying

[charrrrl0tte]

I think it went well! I seem to be one of the very few people who did JP though! I flicked to the second question and saw the words law commission so presumed it was EU law, I didn't even read it. It was only after the exam that I was told that it was DL! What were all the questions for DL? even though I'm annoyed that I maybe should have done DL I think JP worked well, fingers crossed!
By the way, anyone who did JP, what did you put regarding describing stare decisis?

[charrrrl0tte]

So, I was just making a cup of tea when it suddenly occurred to me that the question was about the Law Commission and not The Commission (as in EU law), so basically I feel like an idiot. And for saying that I knew the Law Commission fluently, if it was that, i'm pretty annoyed Oh well, I also knew JP I guesssss

[TheInvincibles14]

(Original post by charrrrl0tte)
I think it went well! I seem to be one of the very few people who did JP though! I flicked to the second question and saw the words law commission so presumed it was EU law, I didn't even read it. It was only after the exam that I was told that it was DL! What were all the questions for DL? even though I'm annoyed that I maybe should have done DL I think JP worked well, fingers crossed!
By the way, anyone who did JP, what did you put regarding describing stare decisis?

First question was describe the role of the Law Comission.
Second question was regarding Bylaws, Orders in Council and Statutory Instruments.
Third question part (i) was to describe the controls on DL and part (ii) was to discuss how effective the controls are.

[11Harley11]

For the delegated legislation questions, were you supposed to refer to the source in all 3 mini questions? I referred to the source for the first mini question but not the other two. whats the most amout of marks possible without referring to the source for the 5 marker questions?

[JLXP]

2 c ii i had literally 2 minutes left, so i just started to bullet point as much as i could ;/ time is always an issue when i do practice papers etc.

[TheInvincibles14]

(Original post by 11Harley11)
For the delegated legislation questions, were you supposed to refer to the source in all 3 mini questions? I referred to the source for the first mini question but not the other two. whats the most amout of marks possible without referring to the source for the 5 marker questions?

I don't think it's absolutely necessary. At the end of every mark scheme it says "Credit any relevant case or link to source" so OCR want you to mention the source in your answer. I'm guessing if you mention everything apart from linking to the source it'll be fine.

[mpatel46]

Brilliant paper, was sooo glad delegated came up, that's now been the third year in a row now that delegated and judicial have come up, as it came up in may 10, may 11 and may 12 ! Would think that would be the case again in may 13, hopefully I don't have to do it again !

[jk122]

What does role and composition of the law commission mean? I only decribed the role

[11Harley11]

(Original post by jk122)
What does role and composition of the law commission mean? I only decribed the role

i think the composition means how the law commission is set out. I wrote about how it consists of a high court judge as its chairman, how there are 4 other comissioners and support staff to assist with research and with the publications and findings. I also wrote about how the law commission was created in 1965 by the law commission act. i think thats pretty much everything for the composition of the law commision itself. everything else i wrote about was to do with its role and how it carries out its role.

[StraightU's]

Any guesses at the grade boundies?


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