An amazing selection of resources of Law and Religious Studies. Suitable for KS3, KS4 and KS5.
All our resources are created with love and care, we take pride in ensuring that they are beautiful to look at, because how are we expected to learn if things aren't pretty?
An amazing selection of resources of Law and Religious Studies. Suitable for KS3, KS4 and KS5.
All our resources are created with love and care, we take pride in ensuring that they are beautiful to look at, because how are we expected to learn if things aren't pretty?
Essay Topic: Woolf Reforms (Civil Justice System)
Specification: Eduqas
Marks: 10
This is a 10 mark knowledge style essay on the Woolf Reforms. This is designed for the Eduqas A-Level Law specification, English Legal Systems paper.
Included is a model answer that can be handed to students as well as a model plan that is very useful for marking.
Updated August 2024 to reflect new intermediate track
This booklet is designed for year 11 students as they enter year 12 law. It can be used for any syllabus but was designed for Eduqas A-Level. It is completely general though so will suit any exam board (also suitable for BTEC).
It contains a selection of additional reading that students can look at over the summer.
This includes:
Books
The Secret Barrister
Fake Law
The Rule of Laws
Podcasts
Law in Action
The Hearing
Law Pod UK
RightsUp
Websites
The Secret Barrister Blog
UK Supreme Court Blog
Baby Barista
Lawyer Watch
Bright and colour it is designed to be appealing and accessible for all students.
Essay Topic: Magistrates
Unit: English Legal Systems
Paper: Paper 1
Marks: 15
Exam Board: Eduqas
This is a 15 mark evaluation style essay question on Magistrates. It follows a typical Eduqas style question for Paper 1: English Legal Systems.
Included is a model essay plan which you can use to help you with marking and also help students with their own planning.
There is also a model answer included which can support with DIRT work.
There are lots of statistics in the model answers for this question and you may want to update these as time goes on
Essay Topic: Magistrates
Specification: Eduqas
Marks: 10
This is a 15 mark knowledge style essay on Magistrates. This is designed for the Eduqas A-Level Law specification, English Legal Systems paper.
Included is a model answer that can be handed to students as well as a model plan that is very useful for marking.
Essay Topic: Criminal Appeals
Specification: Eduqas
Marks: 10
This is a 10 mark Eduqas style essay for the English Legal Systems unit of A-Level law.
Included is a model plan and a model answer.
The model answer can be handed to students and the model plan is very helpful when it comes to marking.
Essay Topic: Causation (Negligence)
Specification: Eduqas
Marks: 25
This is a 25 mark evaluation style essay on negligence. This is designed for the Eduqas A-Level Law specification, Perspectives on Substantive Law paper.
Included is a model answer that can be handed to students as well as a model plan that is very useful for marking.
Essay Topic: Strict Liability
Specification: Eduqas
Marks: 25
This is a 25 mark evaluation style essay on strict liability. This is designed for the Eduqas A-Level Law specification, Perspectives on Substantive Law paper.
Included is a model answer that can be handed to students as well as a model plan that is very useful for marking.
Essay Topic: Defences (Criminal Law)
Specification: Eduqas
Marks: 25
This is a 25 mark evaluation style essay on defences. This is designed for the Eduqas A-Level Law specification, Substantive Law in Practice paper.
Included is a model answer that can be handed to students as well as a model plan that is very useful for marking.
This could also easily be turned into a 30 mark question for AQA A-Level Law, Criminal Law Paper
Essay Topic: Juries
Specification: Eduqas
Marks: 15
This is a 15 mark evaluation style essay on juries. This is designed for the Eduqas A-Level Law specification, English Legal Systems paper.
Included is a model answer that can be handed to students as well as a model plan that is very useful for marking.
Essay Topic: Law Commission
Specification: Eduqas
Marks: 15
This is a 15 mark evaluation style essay on the Law Commission. This is designed for the Eduqas A-Level Law specification, English Legal Systems paper.
Included is a model answer that can be handed to students as well as a model plan that is very useful for marking.
Essay Topic: Implied Terms
Essay Style: Scenario
Marks: 25
This is an Eduqas style scenario question on implied terms under contract law. The essay is a 25 mark scenario question as found on Paper 2, Substantive Law in Practice.
Included is a model answer and plan which can be used to assist in marking and DIRT work.
This question can easily be adapted to suit other exam boards, it would make an adequate AQA 30 Mark question
Essay Topic: Civil Appeals
Marks: 10
Module: English Legal Systems
This is a 10 mark describe style question for the Eduqas A-Level Law examination. This is designed for Paper 1, English Legal Systems. This model answer would suit the 2022 Summer examination question which was similar!
Included is a model plan and a model answer. These can be used to support students and are also very helpful when marking.
This is a fun Jack the Ripper themed delegated legislation question.
The question is designed for the Eduqas A-Level Law examination, Paper 1, English Legal Systems. This is a sources of law style question that tests AO2 application.
This is a small scenario based on Jack the Ripper.
Included is a model answer and a model plan which can be used to help with marking and to support students.
Essay Topic: Theories of Sentencing
Essay Type: Descriptive
Exam Board: Eduqas
Unit: English Legal Systems
Marks: 10
This is a 10 mark question designed for the English Legal Systems Paper 1 part of the Eduqas A-Level Law.
Included is a model answer and a model plan to help support you in your marking and your students in completing DIRT work.
The topic of the essay is theories of sentencing.
Exam Board: Eduqas
Marks: 15
Essay Style: Evaluation
Topic: Civil Appeals
Unit: English Legal Systems
This is a 15 mark evaluation style question on civil appeals. This is designed to suit the Eduqas Paper 1 English Legal Systems unit. This is an unusual evaluation question and students may find it a more challenging one to answer. It is a useful essay to assign in Year 13 as part of exam preparation.
Along with the essay question there is also a model plan and a model answer that can help support your marking and support students in doing their DIRT work.
This is a really fun little contract law revision exercise.
Included:
30x Bingo Cards
Question Sheet
Preparing the Cards
Laminate the cards to ensure that they can be used over and over again getting students to mark them with white board markers
How to Play
Choose a question at random from the question sheet
Make sure to cross it off once you have said it
Students mark off the answer on their bingo cards
The first student to get all of the correct answers marked off wins!
This is a great revision tool but can also be used as a starter or plenary activity.
This worksheet is designed for year 12 students who have studied all of the English Legal Systems unit and the start of tort law. They need to understand all elements of negligence and also vicarious liability.
The worksheet contains a variety of questions which students can plan as part of a homework activity, revision activity or as last minute cover work if a staff member is absent.
The sheet has instructions stating to choose five questions to complete (standard cover lesson) but this can easily be modified to suit.
Included essays:
Separation of powers (5 marks)
Delegated legislation (5 marks)
Statutory interpretation (15 marks)
Law Making (15 marks)
Criminal trial process (10 marks)
Legal funding (10 marks)
Criminal appeals (15 marks)
Civil process (15 marks)
Negligence (scenario)
Negligence + Res Ipsa Loquitur (scenario)
Vicarious liability (evaluation)
Economic loss (evaluation)
Topics: English Legal Systems, Tort Law, Contract Law & Criminal Law
Papers: Paper 1: English Legal Systems & Paper 2: Substantive Law in Practice
Units: Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3 & Unit 4
Exam Board: Eduqas
This is a fun Christmas themed selection of scenario questions. This includes scenario questions on all application topics covered as part of the Eduqas A-Level Law exam, contract law option.
English Legal Systems
There are four scenarios on:
Law Reform
Delegated Legislation
Precedent
Statutory Interpretation
Tort Law
There are nine scenarios on:
Negligence
Psychiatric Injury
Vicarious Liability
Occupiers’ Liability
Trespass to Land
Nuisance
Rylands v Fletcher
Defences
Remedies
Criminal Law
There are nine scenarios on:
Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person
Murder
Voluntary Manslaughter
Involuntary Manslaughter
Theft
Robbery & Burglary
Attempt
Capacity Defences
Necessity Defences
Contract Law
There are eight scenarios on:
Formation & Privity
Express Terms
Implied Terms
Exclusion Clauses
Misrepresentation
Economic Duress
Discharge
Remedies
No answers are included.
These scenarios can be set as homework for revision over the Christmas holidays or used as a fun Christmas revision lesson prior to the holidays.
This mock exam is designed to replicate Paper 1 for the Eduqas A-Level Law exam. It is designed for Year 12/13 students.
Paper: Paper 1
Exam Board: Eduqas
Paper Length: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
Unit: English Legal Systems
Students should be given 1 hour 30 minutes to complete this paper. They will also need lined paper/answer booklets to write their answers in.
In order to take this paper students will need to have studied all of English Legal Systems and Sources of Law
Suitable for Winter and Summer mock exams for both Year 12 and Year 13.
Students answer four questions, two mandatory 5 markers, one 15 mark application and one 10 & 15 mark combination
Questions
Question 1 (5 Marks): UK Constitution
Question 2 (5 Marks): Law Making
Question 3 (15 Marks): Statutory Interpretation
Question 4 (15 Marks): Law Reform
Question 5 (25 Marks): Legal Professionals (10) + Legal Funding (15)
Question 6 (25 Marks): Alternative Dispute Resolution
Students have to answer:
2x 5 Mark Questions
1x 15 Mark (application) Question
1x 10 & 15 Mark Combination (knowledge + evaluation) Question
Total Marks = 50
This mock exam is designed to replicate Paper 1 for the Eduqas A-Level Law exam. It is designed for Year 12/13 students.
Paper: Paper 1
Exam Board: Eduqas
Paper Length: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
Unit: English Legal Systems
Students should be given 1 hour 30 minutes to complete this paper. They will also need lined paper/answer booklets to write their answers in.
In order to take this paper students will need to have studied all of English Legal Systems and Sources of Law
Suitable for Winter and Summer mock exams for both Year 12 and Year 13.
Students answer four questions, two mandatory 5 markers, one 15 mark application and one 10 & 15 mark combination
Questions
Question 1 (5 Marks): UK Constitution
Question 2 (5 Marks): Statutory Interpretation
Question 3 (15 Marks): Precedent
Question 4 (15 Marks): Law Reform
Question 5 (25 Marks): Bail (10) + Juries (15)
Question 6 (25 Marks): Legal Professionals (10) + Civil Process (15)
Students have to answer:
2x 5 Mark Questions
1x 15 Mark (application) Question
1x 10 & 15 Mark Combination (knowledge + evaluation) Question
Total Marks = 50