Undergraduate Tort — 36 Practice Questions
Thirty-six original LawShortcut practice questions with full model answers, covering the doctrines an undergraduate Irish Tort course examines: negligence, occupiers’ liability, employers’ liability, defamation, passing off, animals, nuisance, product liability, trespass and the goods torts.
One-off purchase · access to all 36 answers · the full set covers 24 problem questions and 12 essays across 10 Tort doctrines.
Problem questions
Twenty-four fact patterns worked through in full: issue spotting, the applicable Irish law and authorities, application to the facts, and a reasoned conclusion on each issue.
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Essay questions
Twelve essays on the doctrines that recur as discussion questions, each with a thesis, a structured argument and the counter-arguments an examiner rewards.
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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.
- 24 problem questions and 12 essays, roughly 70,000 words.
- Irish authority throughout, with UK and Commonwealth cases labelled persuasive.
- Current to September 2026, including the Defamation (Amendment) Act 2026, the 2023 occupiers’ liability amendments and the transition to Directive (EU) 2024/2853.
- Citation cautions flagged wherever the common secondary sources and the law reports diverge.
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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:
- states cases, ratios and statutory provisions as our own work in our own words;
- says who won, and what each authority actually decides, rather than naming cases in passing;
- 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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