[Schott]

If we do think Implied Trusts of the Home is likely to be the essay question in Equity & Trusts, does anyone know what kind of question might be asked? Or is there a past paper example?

[positivevibes]

(Original post by Schott)
If we do think Implied Trusts of the Home is likely to be the essay question in Equity & Trusts, does anyone know what kind of question might be asked? Or is there a past paper example?

i'm not sure exactly however I think it's being examined because there have been recent developments in the case law- so perhaps get clued up on that and become familiar with the issues that have been discussed.

ergh, why did I think the second half of the exams was going to be easier? Not being able to sunbathe is killing me!

[jasonm]

was pretty certain land law would be easy to learn, its just pretty annoying how its basically just learning a new check list for every topic and not particularly intuitive at all.

[positivevibes]

(Original post by jasonm)
was pretty certain land law would be easy to learn, its just pretty annoying how its basically just learning a new check list for every topic and not particularly intuitive at all.

argh I know, I feel your pain! Especially with all the rules that comes from statute. It's like you don't have to know it properly because it's obviously in the book but you do need to sort of know which ones you need to refer to for each topic.

[legal_beagle]

Wish I'd gone to BPP, it seems much harder to exclude whole topics at College of Law. I have to learn all of criminal, equity and tort, although I'm excluding co-ownership for land and duress/undue influence for contract. Public and EU seem easier to divide.

College of Law sucks!

[Ems8345]

(Original post by legal_beagle)
Wish I'd gone to BPP, it seems much harder to exclude whole topics at College of Law. I have to learn all of criminal, equity and tort, although I'm excluding co-ownership for land and duress/undue influence for contract. Public and EU seem easier to divide.

College of Law sucks!

This thread has been making me wish I'd gone to BBP as well.
Though I'm slightly worried that you think you need to learn all of Equity - that's one of the only subjects that I am actually question spotting for.

[positivevibes]

(Original post by legal_beagle)
Wish I'd gone to BPP, it seems much harder to exclude whole topics at College of Law. I have to learn all of criminal, equity and tort, although I'm excluding co-ownership for land and duress/undue influence for contract. Public and EU seem easier to divide.

College of Law sucks!

That's so annoying

I was advised by my friend who did the GDL that BPP is nicer for the GDL but College of Law is better for the LPC. I can't remember her reasoning now and I'm actually signed up to do the LPC at BPP. Perhaps I should change!

[Brevity]

(Original post by legal_beagle)
Wish I'd gone to BPP, it seems much harder to exclude whole topics at College of Law. I have to learn all of criminal, equity and tort, although I'm excluding co-ownership for land and duress/undue influence for contract. Public and EU seem easier to divide.

College of Law sucks!

!!!

For Equity, it's theoretically possible just to do Units 1+2 and no more.

[anaplian]

(Original post by legal_beagle)
Wish I'd gone to BPP, it seems much harder to exclude whole topics at College of Law. I have to learn all of criminal, equity and tort, although I'm excluding co-ownership for land and duress/undue influence for contract. Public and EU seem easier to divide.

College of Law sucks!

You're right about criminal but if you're learning everything for the others you're seriously diluting your revision.

[Schott]

(Original post by positivevibes)
That's so annoying

I was advised by my friend who did the GDL that BPP is nicer for the GDL but College of Law is better for the LPC. I can't remember her reasoning now and I'm actually signed up to do the LPC at BPP. Perhaps I should change!

The GDL is generally considered more manageable at BPP because so many of the topics are self-contained. If you were clued up from the beginning of the course, you could potentially only ever study 3-4 topics per module and still come out with a Distinction at the end of the course, despite only having done about 30% of the work.

College of Law seems to be nicer for the LPC because it's open book so you can take your notes in with you. This isn't permitted at BPP.

I think a lot of people end up opting for College of Law because they want an LLB Lite though.

[legal_beagle]

(Original post by anaplian)
You're right about criminal but if you're learning everything for the others you're seriously diluting your revision.

(Original post by Brevity)
!!!

For Equity, it's theoretically possible just to do Units 1+2 and no more.

**** really? What subjects are you guys doing for each if you don't mind me asking?

[anaplian]

(Original post by legal_beagle)
**** really? What subjects are you guys doing for each if you don't mind me asking?

I'm doing units 1, 2 and 4.2 for land and 1,2,3 for equity.

That gives me a backup for each in-case something nasty comes up, all the questions are problem questions so as long as you learn the pervasive material and an extra topic or two you'll be fine.

[legal_beagle]

(Original post by anaplian)
I'm doing units 1, 2 and 4.2 for land and 1,2,3 for equity.

That gives me a backup for each in-case something nasty comes up, all the questions are problem questions so as long as you learn the pervasive material and an extra topic or two you'll be fine.

Ok, yeah I had another look at Equity and you're right, you only need to know 1,2 and another (I'm doing 5... I love quistclose trusts...)

Thanks

[Brevity]

(Original post by legal_beagle)
Ok, yeah I had another look at Equity and you're right, you only need to know 1,2 and another (I'm doing 5... I love quistclose trusts...)

Thanks

This is actually exactly what I did for equity, but I'm beginning to feel it's a bit risky--or at least close to the bone. If you look at past exams, or the spec exam, you can't do the Unit 5 question because it's paired with something else.

[positivevibes]

The temperature is due to lower on Friday, just in time for the end of BPP's GDL exams.....good good!!!

[ShrutiArora]

Hi Guys,
I plan to start my GDL this year. I currently work full time, more than 40 hours a week and have a 7 year old!

I have been debating whether part time GDL is manageable with a full time job. I can do the classes but I would never get a month's leave just for preparation!

You all sound experienced in this field, do you think exams/revisions could be managed with maximum 2 weeks leave? Or is it over-ambitious?

Also, those who are working full time (in a non-law area), how are you managing to find time to gain law related work ex?
Thanks, much appreciated.

[Schott]

(Original post by ShrutiArora)
Hi Guys,
I plan to start my GDL this year. I currently work full time, more than 40 hours a week and have a 7 year old!

I have been debating whether part time GDL is manageable with a full time job. I can do the classes but I would never get a month's leave just for preparation!

You all sound experienced in this field, do you think exams/revisions could be managed with maximum 2 weeks leave? Or is it over-ambitious?

Also, those who are working full time (in a non-law area), how are you managing to find time to gain law related work ex?
Thanks, much appreciated.

The summer exams are structured such that you have 3 in one week, then a week off, then a further 3 in one week. I would say if you're disciplined, it's possible to revise 1 week for each set of 3 exams. Saying that, I only have a pet duck and not a 7 year old child, although I'm sure there are striking similarities.

Getting work experience when working full-time is hard. Most trainee solicitors got their experience during their university holidays, but I appreciate this isn't an avenue for you. Maybe organise some experience and take a week's leave? It's horrible but arguably it needs to be done.

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And for everyone else, wasn't land just REVOLTING today? Worst exam yet. Think I passed, but no chance of a Commendation on this paper.

[Dann]

(Original post by Schott)
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And for everyone else, wasn't land just REVOLTING today? Worst exam yet. Think I passed, but no chance of a Commendation on this paper.

I didn't think it was awful. Easements dealt with really obvious easements, and although running of leasehold covenants was a different structure than I've seen before, it wasn't too bad. Think I messed up the freehold covs question though on the first limb of Tulk - ended up with three positive covenants and one negative

Roll on equity.

[Schott]

(Original post by hmaus)
Ah, someone else who did the easements Q. Wonder if you can confirm or deny something for me! For the road I said it probably couldn't pass under Wheeldon v Burrows because it was not in use by the grantor at the time of sale to the grantee, as it was only used by the cleaner, which is not enough (kent v kavanagh). I was talking about this question with a friend afterwards and she insisted the grantor was definitely using the road himself. Am I right or have I misread the facts? Hopefully not a big deal either way but felt a bit concerned when my friend told me I was wrong! I thought it said something like he never leaves home and when he does he uses the dirt track.

I said you road access wasn't being used continuous and apparently under Wheeldon v Burrows too!

However, I hated the Easements question. Mortgages went well. Co-ownership was okay (although surprisingly EVERYONE seemed to have a different idea of who got what, when talking about the exam). But Easements for me I actually found reasonably difficult (the Acquisition bit at least).

[jasonm]

(Original post by Dann)
I didn't think it was awful. Easements dealt with really obvious easements, and although running of leasehold covenants was a different structure than I've seen before, it wasn't too bad. Think I messed up the freehold covs question though on the first limb of Tulk - ended up with three positive covenants and one negative

Roll on equity.

Think most people I talked to got one negative covenant and the other two positive as well, which i guess is a bit unexpected.

Didn't think easements was too bad either, it was just huge! Think I got a bit distracted on some of the points though, like dealing with the road being implied out of necessity, and whether or not if the barn failed as an easement due to exclusive possession, it could be a lease.