FE-1 Law of Contract study guide
FE-1 Law of Contract · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The FE-1 Law of Contract forms part of the entrance examination route that King's Inns uses for candidates seeking to enter the Degree of Barrister-at-Law, the professional qualification for practice at the Irish Bar. King's Inns describes itself as Ireland's oldest school of law and its only Inn of Court, established in 1541, with the Degree offered full-time over one year or part-time modular over two years. This page supports candidates preparing for the contract law component of that entrance assessment. The subject matter is the general law of contract: formation (offer, acceptance, consideration, intention), certainty and completeness of terms, capacity, formalities, misrepresentation and mistake, duress and undue influence, illegality, privity, terms and their interpretation, exclusion clauses, discharge by performance, agreement, breach and frustration, and remedies including damages, specific performance and injunction. Preparation should be built around a current Irish contract law textbook, the principal cases, and repeated practice at writing structured answers under time pressure. Note that this page is independently produced study material and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or published by King's Inns; candidates must confirm all examination arrangements, dates, fees and regulations directly with King's Inns. Topics on this exam: Law of Contract. The FE-1 Law of Contract study guide has 1 section and about 395 words.
01Law of Contract - FE-1
This section covers Law of Contract for FE-1. The exam tests whether you can identify the legal issue, apply common-law doctrine and relevant Singapore statutory modifications, and reach a reasoned conclusion. Expect problem questions on formation, terms, vitiating factors, discharge, and remedies rather than pure essay recall. An offer must be definite and intended to bind on acceptance; invitations to treat (advertisements, displays, auctions) generally are not offers.
395 words, about 2 minMore study resources for FE-1 Law of Contract
- Practice questionsIn the law of contract, which element is constituted by each party giving something of value in exchange for the other party's promise?
- FlashcardsInvitation to treat. A preliminary communication inviting offers rather than making one.
- Cheat sheetFormation requires offer, acceptance, consideration, intention to create legal relations, and capacity; a contract failing any element is unenforceable or voidable depending on which element is missing.
- Key termsoffer. A clear statement of terms on which a person is willing to be bound, communicated to another, that becomes a contract once accepted.
- Study planMap the whole syllabus of contract law into a one-page topic tree covering formation, consideration, intention, capacity, terms, vitiating factors, discharge, and remedies.
- Common mistakesCandidates memorise definitions of offer, acceptance, consideration and intention as isolated terms, then read a problem question looking for the matching keyword rather than mapping the parties' sequence of communications onto those elements.
- Exam-day guideBring the original ID in the name used on your booking.