King’s Inns BL Law of Tort — Model Answer Vault
30 independently authored LawShortcut model answers covering all 30 questions across the six publicly available Law of Tort papers from the King’s Inns Barrister-at-Law Entrance Examination, 2020—2025.
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Each paper sets one compulsory problem (Question 1) and four further questions. Open a year to see all five questions, scenario summaries and model answers.
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Every question is answered in full: reading the question, issue spotting, the applicable Irish law and authorities, application to the facts, and reasoned conclusions — plus a reusable structure for tackling Tort problems under exam conditions.
- 30 model answers across the 2020—2025 papers.
- Problem (ILAC) answers and the recurring essay topics.
- Scenario summaries free to read; full analysis in the vault.
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How these model answers are prepared
LawShortcut uses a subject-by-subject legal-content review focused on substantive accuracy, authority, Irish-law relevance and exam application. Each answer is independently authored and:
- is based on a LawShortcut summary of the publicly available King’s Inns question;
- states cases, ratios and statutory provisions as our own work in our own words;
- is illustrative — one competent way to structure a response, not the only correct one.
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How long should your answer actually be?
A LawShortcut model answer is a reference document, not a transcript of an exam script. It is deliberately fuller than anything you could write under time, and it is worth knowing that before you read one.
The arithmetic is unforgiving. Most law examinations allow roughly 45 minutes a question, and sustained handwriting under pressure runs at 20 to 30 words a minute. That is about 1,000 to 1,300 words on the page — and a good deal of that time goes on reading and planning rather than writing. Our answers run well beyond that, because they also show you the authorities you did not reach for, the argument you could have made instead, and the points where the law is genuinely unsettled.
So read them in two passes. First for the structure and the issues — that is what you reproduce under exam conditions. Then for the depth, which is what lets you write the shorter version with confidence and handle a question you have not seen before.
What earns marks in a law examination is consistent year on year:
- Every issue identified, including the one that is not obvious.
- What a case decides, not merely its name.
- The law applied to these facts, rather than a general essay on the topic.
- A reasoned conclusion that says plainly where the answer is uncertain.
And what earns nothing: reciting the facts back at the start, and making the same point twice.
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