King’s Inns BL Law of Tort — 2025 Model Answers
The five Law of Tort questions from the 2025 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.
Mr A runs a rural glamping business laid out on a steeply sloping plot, with fire pits, barbecues and hot tubs. The site sits next to a public road and a housing…
Full model answer covers 8 issues across reading the question, the law, application and conclusions.
Read the 2025 Question 1 model answer →In the summer of 2023 , Ms A has a €10,000 tubal ligation carried out at Snip Ltd . Dr B assures her the sterilisation is permanent but negligently leaves one fallopian…
Full model answer covers 7 issues across reading the question, the law, application and conclusions.
Read the 2025 Question 2 model answer →Mr A owns a cargo ship which he hires out to others on a bare-boat basis. Under that arrangement the person hiring the vessel bears the cost of repairs while it is…
Full model answer covers 6 issues across reading the question, the law, application and conclusions.
Read the 2025 Question 3 model answer →Ten years ago, Mr A set up 2nd Hand Books Ltd , which resells paperbacks that members of the public drop into crates left outside its premises; in 2023 the company made…
Full model answer covers 4 issues across reading the question, the law, application and conclusions.
Read the 2025 Question 4 model answer →This is an essay question. It calls for a critical evaluation of the reforms brought in by the Defamation Act 2009, with the discussion supported throughout by reference to the relevant decided…
Full model answer covers 9 issues across reading the question, the law, application and conclusions.
Read the 2025 Question 5 model answer →