Impossibility, Impracticability, Frustration of Purpose

Listing of the “discharge triplets”. Bear in mind that they are generally exclusive of each other, but students tend to cluster them on the exams. Moreover, not every rule and analysis below is correct, this is just to give you an idea of how often these issues are raised and the approaches that candidates use to answer.

FYLSX

October 2013

Q1

Answer A: Impossibility, Impracticability, Frustration of Purpose

Answer B: Impracticability

June 2014

Q4

Answer A: Impossibility, Impracticability, Frustration of Purpose

October 2014

Q4

Answer B: Impossibility, Impracticability, Frustration of Purpose

October 2015

Q4

Answer A: Impracticability

Answer B: Impossibility, Impracticability

October 2016

Q2

Answer B: Impossibility, Impracticability

Q4

Answer A: Impossibility, Impracticability, Frustration of Purpose

Answer B: Impossibility, Impracticability, Frustration of Purpose

June 2017

Q1

Answer A: Frustration of Purpose

October 2017

Q3

Answer A: Impossibility, Impracticability

Answer B: Impossibility, Impracticability, Frustration of Purpose

June 2018

Q1

Answer A: Impossibility, Impracticability

Answer B: Impossibility, Impracticability, Frustration of Purpose

Q3

Answer B: Impossibility, Impracticability, Frustration of Purpose

October 2018

Q1

Answer A: Impossibility, Impracticability, Frustration of Purpose

Answer B: Impossibility, Impracticability, Frustration of Purpose

June 2019

Q4

Answer A: Frustration of Purpose

CBX

July 2013

Q4

Answer A: Impossibility, Impracticability

Answer B: Impossibility, Frustration of Purpose

July 2016

Q3

Answer A: Impossibility, Impracticability, Frustration of Purpose

Answer B: Impossibility, Impracticability

July 2018

Q1

Answer A: Impracticability

Answer B: Impossibility, Impracticability