Hi Wests Awake, I just got my last 4 FE-1s so have them all. In my experience, you won't have time to even think about academic commentary. Its not as important as it is for university exams. The Griffith notes do make alot of references to academic commentary (Wylie states that...., Casey is of the opinion that....) - that's all you will need. You will be trying to learn so many topics per exam that you really have to condense them down as much as possible.
I used the Griffith notes for all the exams and nothing else. I have never seen the independent manuals so I can't comment on which are better, but I had no problems with the Griffith ones. Your best guide of what you will need to know are the exam papers. at least have a quick look over all of them after you do your notes to make sure that you have enough info to answer all of them. Some of my Griffith notes were not that up to date (my company ones were from 2002). It depends alot on the particular subject though, some subjects don't change that much. Just make sure you're familiar with recent important cases and legislation (NB the new conveyancing bill in land law). These are very practical exams - alot of problem questions and practical essay questions asking you to summarise the law in a particular area so if you do the work and understand the material you will be fine! Good luck!! On Dec 13, 5:43 pm, "The Wests Awake!" <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Fern, Congrats on nearly being there - It'll be a great feeling > you get company. Yeah I've been told by a few people how much work is > needed to pass. I'll be into full time study come the start of > janurary hopefully - stuck in my college exams currently. As a quick > aside, in most college law exams referencing academic articles and > opinions on recent developments in the law was regarded as very > important in order to do well. The FE1 manuals very much seem to just > state the law and relevent cases without much attention or reference > given to articles etc in the manuals. Is this because it is simply not > relevant for the fe1s? In essence they are practical solicior exams I > suppose. > > On Dec 13, 10:20 am, Fern <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi there, > > I've passed seven of the eight exams over the last three sittings with > > Griffith manuals from 2001/2002, so I think you'll be safe enough with > > the 2005/2006 manuals, especially for equity and land. It's important > > to watch out for newer cases though and I have found this site to be > > very useful for that purpose. I have to admit I bought a 2006/2007 EU > > manual for the last sitting and I'm going to try to get a new one for > > company, which I keep failing for some reason... > > Good luck for March, but remember that details such as which manuals > > are better etc are not going to get you through the exam - you just > > have to sit down and learn everything. > > Fern > > > On Dec 12, 10:49 pm, "The Wests Awake!" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi Guys, > > > > I will be doing do 5 fe1s in March/April for the first time so > > > planning to be on here posting a good bit! I am currently looking into > > > purchasing some griffith or independent manuals. I have seen a few > > > being offered for sale both on here and in college so thinking of > > > making an investment. I have two questions: > > > > 1 - How important is it to have the most recent manuals in your > > > opinion? I own land and equity Griffith manuals from 05/06 - is it > > > worth investing in the newer ones? > > > > 2 - Would people have any recommendations in favour of either the > > > Griffith or Independent manuals? > > > > Thanks in Advance for your replies :)- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "FE-1 Study Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.ie/group/FE-1-Study-Group?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
