Student Handbook 2026/27

13. Marking Criteria

13.4. Fail

Fail (0 to 49)

A submission in the Fail range does not meet the minimum requirements of the assessment criteria. A submission in the Fail range typically contains one or more of the following:

Evidence of a lack of basic understanding of the issue or question
Many errors or omissions
Evidence of a lack of familiarity and engagement with the relevant literature and/or class and reading list materials
Disorganised presentation
Few or no citations or consistently incomplete or inaccurate citations
Very poor written English, including poor grammar and spelling and incoherent statements

In addition to the above, in a problem question, the answer:

Fails to identify several important issues
Fails to apply relevant legal rules and principles
Fails to make appropriate use of the relevant legal rules and principles
Fails to answer the question posed, e.g., it answers a different question from that set by the module convenor