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What happens if I put a case in my exam and it is not on the examiners ‘suggested answers’, will I be awarded a mark for this or not?
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If it’s a case which correctly illustrates the point you’re trying to make, then “Yes, of course you’ll get credit for it”
However, I find it a little difficult to come to terms with the idea that you will know a relevant case and it’s one which Mr Kelly hasn’t mentioned.
Whatever, it COULD happen. However, YOU MUST NOT MAKE UP A CASE NAME. DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT QUOTING A FICTITIOUS CASE.
I’ve heard about it from a law paper marker who travelled into London to the Inns of Court and she and the librarian spent all day looking for a case quoted as Thresher v Glenning. She recognised the name, but couldn’t place the facts. the librarian recognised the name, but couldn’t remember the context.
They gave up. She’s reconciled to giving the student credit. She’s catching a bus to get her back to the metro station, looks out of the bus window and sees the shop Thresher & Glenning.
She was NOT a happy bunny
Hi Mike,
I didn’t want to make a new question as people may think there’s something wrong with me 🙂 for asking that as it should be my last concern, but do grammatical errors have relevance in the points we get ( as far as you may be aware of course). I have read some of the examiner reviews and nothing mentioned about that. When I say grammatical errors I mean double l or “of” instead of “for”. I try doing my best but English is not my native language and it may happen.
And what if we say Hong Kong Fir Shipping v Kawasaki instead of the full case name or misspell the case name, is it relevant or we better not even mention if we are sure the name is not full or correct?Maybe it is a question you have answered before but I might have skipped it, so sorry for the inconvenience.
Thank you!
Natural English speakers have begun to say things like “I should of done something different” Incredible! But, of course, English grammar is no longer taught in English schools! Yes, believe it, it’s true.
No, you will most certainly NOT be penalised for grammatical errors, nor spelling errors, nor for using the wrong word – within reason!
As for case names like Hong Kong case – it would earn a mark simply to refer to it as the “Hong Kong ship case” or the “Kawasaki” case.
This is a law exam for accountants, it’s not a law exam for lawyers. Don’t get worked up by minutiai
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