King’s Inns BL Contract Law — 2023 Model Answers
The five Contract Law questions from the 2023 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.
Mary runs an IT company and needed a specialised piece of equipment for a project she had coming up. She approached Techno Suppliers Ltd, went through what she needed with their sales representative,…
Full model answer covers 9 sections across reading the question, the law, application and conclusions.
Read the 2023 Question 1 model answer →Joe is an elderly man who looks forward to visits from his nephew, Tony. Tony is the one member of the family who calls on him regularly. One day Joe told Tony that, as he was “the only family member…
Full model answer covers 9 sections across reading the question, the law, application and conclusions.
Read the 2023 Question 2 model answer →Melissa is a painter with an established following. She entered an enforceable contract with Woke Galleries to create a series of paintings for a forthcoming exhibition. An unforeseen accident then…
Full model answer covers 10 sections across reading the question, the law, application and conclusions.
Read the 2023 Question 3 model answer →Eddie’s first book was a success, and a publisher has now made him a lucrative offer to write a three book series built around his fictional hero, Bis Kit, daredevil soldier for hire. Eddie has…
Full model answer covers 8 sections across reading the question, the law, application and conclusions.
Read the 2023 Question 4 model answer →Question 5 is the paper’s reform essay. There are no facts and nobody to advise: what is wanted is a position on whether the present law should be changed, argued through decided cases and statute…
Full model answer covers 8 sections across reading the question, the law, application and conclusions.
Read the 2023 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