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Unit 4.

Task 1.

1 legal disputes

2 court

3 jury

4 trial

5 witnesses’

6 officer

7 panel

8 jurors

9 list

10 swear

11 testimony

12 cross-examinations

13 counsels

14 judge

15 civil suits

16 fault

17 money

18 accused

19 acquit

20 guilty

21 sentence

22 legislature

Task 2.

1 Inns of Court

2 training

3 called to the bar

4 right of audience

5 exclusively

6 Magistrates' Courts

7 adoption

8 affiliation

9 commit

10 trial

11 sentence

12 Crown Court

13 stipendiary

14 lay

15 bench

16 clerk

17 appointed

18 solicitor

19 practise

20 Recorders

21 political

22 misconduct

23 Parliament

24 criminal

25 libel

26 inquests

27 verdict

28 accused

29 jurors

30 electoral register

31eligible

32 jury service

33 on bail

34 challenged

35 biased

Task 3.

1. small claims court

2. Court of Appeal (also called an Appeal Court)

3. court-martial (Note that the plural form is courts-martial. It can also be a verb, usually used in the passive: to be court-martialled)

4. courthouse

5. County Court (there are about 270 County Courts in England and Wales. They are presided over by either district judges or circuit judges. They deal mainly with claims regarding money, but also deal with family matters, bankruptcies and claims concerning land)

6. European Court of Human Rights (its formal name is the European Court for the Protection of Human Rights)

7. employment tribunal (formally known as an industrial tribunal. The panel hearing each case consists of a legally qualified chairperson and two independent lay (= not legally qualified) people who have experience of employment issues. Decisions need to be enforced by a separate application to the court. Appeals are made to an Employment Appeal Tribunal)

8. magistrates' court

9. coroner's court (an investigation in a coroner's court is called a coroner's inquest. A coroner's inquest also decides what happens when treasure or something valuable that has been secretly hidden or lost is suddenly rediscovered)

10. Crown Court

11. Lands Tribunal

12. Commercial Court

13. rent tribunal

14. High Court

15. European Court of Justice (ECJ for short. It is also called the Court of Justice of the European Communities)

16. Court of Protection

17. Admiralty Court

18. House of Lords

Task 4.

1. Admiralty Court (HMS = Her / His Majesty's Ship, an abbreviation that precedes the names of ships of the Royal Navy)

2. (in the first instance) County Court

3. coroner's court

4. Commercial Court

5. employment tribunal

6. Court of Protection

7. small claims court (if the amount was for less than £5,000),

8. rent tribunal

9. (probably) the High Court

10. court-martial

Task 5.

Across

10. district

Down

5. police

12. state

3. probate

13. circuit

1. traffic

6. martial

8. federal

14. family

2. magistrates

7. county

9. crown

15. juvenile

4. municipal

11. Supreme

Task 6.

1 breach of contract 2 The lawyer thinks it’s hard to say

Task 7.

1e 2i 3b 4h 5f 6g 7c 8d 9a

Task 8.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9.

Task 9.

1b 2e 3d 4a 5c

Task 10.

To draft an answer, brief, complaint, motion, pleading;

To issue an injunction, notice, writ;

To file an affidavit, answer, brief, complaint, motion, notice, pleading;

To serve a complaint, injunction, notice, pleading, writ;

To submit an affidavit, answer, brief, complaint, motion, notice, pleading, writ.

Task 11.

1 barrister 2 attorney 3 in-house counsel 4 solicitor

Task 12.

To advise clients, corporations, defendants;

To draft contracts, decisions, law, legislation;

To litigate cases, disputes;

To practice law;

To represent clients, corporations, defendants;

To research cases, decisions, law, legislation.

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