King’s Inns BL Contract Law — 2020 Model Answers
The five Contract Law questions from the 2020 King’s Inns Barrister-at-Law entrance examination, each with an independently authored LawShortcut model answer. Question 1 is the compulsory problem; Questions 2—5 carry 25 marks each.
Maddie saw a classic car offered for sale outside Acme Motors, which was closed at the time. A sign on the vehicle read: “First to offer €20,000 buys this car.” She noted the contact details and…
Full model answer covers 10 sections across reading the question, the law, application and conclusions.
Read the 2020 Question 1 model answer →Angela has eaten at the Bake Shack Restaurant for five years. She is well known to its owner, Pierre, and the two have become good friends. Calling in one day, Angela whispered to Pierre that she had…
Full model answer covers 8 sections across reading the question, the law, application and conclusions.
Read the 2020 Question 2 model answer →April runs a guesthouse. She went to Manifest Garden Equipment to hire a commercial-grade ride-on lawnmower for the grounds. She signed the hire contract at Manifest’s own office, and at several…
Full model answer covers 10 sections across reading the question, the law, application and conclusions.
Read the 2020 Question 3 model answer →Regal Hotel put a St Patrick’s Day Special on the market: three nights in a luxury suite from March 16th, in a room looking out over the route of the scheduled St Patrick’s Day parade. Every meal for…
Full model answer covers 8 sections across reading the question, the law, application and conclusions.
Read the 2020 Question 4 model answer →Question 5 is the paper’s reform essay. It sets no facts and asks for no advice. What it wants is a view on whether the present law should be changed, worked out through decided cases rather than…
Full model answer covers 8 sections across reading the question, the law, application and conclusions.
Read the 2020 Question 5 model answer →Comres Ltd is a well-established national estate agency and surveying practice. In 2018 it handled the sale of an office block owned by A Ltd and, in its brochure, put the floor…
Full model answer covers 5 issues across reading the question, the law, application and conclusions.
Read the 2020 Question 2 model answer →A consignment of screen protectors, phone covers and headphones arrived at Mr A's shop and sat by the back door for several days. A rival trader, Mr B , took it away.…
Full model answer covers 4 issues across reading the question, the law, application and conclusions.
Read the 2020 Question 3 model answer →The Daily Page ran an investigation into senators' expenses. It uncovered exaggerated claims by some senators but turned up nothing implicating Senator A . Even so, it published, in both its print…
Full model answer covers 5 issues across reading the question, the law, application and conclusions.
Read the 2020 Question 4 model answer →This is an essay question with no fact pattern. Candidates are invited to evaluate, in a critical way, how the higher courts have construed the Statute of Limitations 1957 together with the…
Full model answer covers 9 issues across reading the question, the law, application and conclusions.
Read the 2020 Question 5 model answer →All years & the Model Answer VaultStudy Contract lawBL Entrance