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Task 5.

Answer the following questions.

1. What are all legal systems created for?

2. What divisions does the High Court comprise?

3. How are jurors elected to the Crown Court?

4. Does a particular court specialize in particular kinds of legal actions?

5. What can a person do if he or she is unsatisfied with the passed verdict in a lower

court?

6. Whom does the Crown Court consist of?

7. Can ordinary people serve as magistrates?

8. Do County Courts hear civil or criminal cases in Great Britain?

9. What Does the County Court consist of?

10. Is the most important civil court of first instance in England and Wales the High Court?

11. What courts does the Court of Appeal receive appeals from?

12. What matters do civil proceedings include?

13. What cases do Magistrates' Courts deal with?

14. Do Magistrates' Courts decide serious or not serious criminal cases?

15. Does the Crown Court hear not serious cases and appeals from Magistrates' Courts?

16. How are jurors elected to the Crown Court?

17. Are jury ordinary people or trained lawyers?

18. Where is The High Court of Justice (the High Court) of the UK situated?

19. What are functions of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court?

20. What is the final court of appeal in the country?

21. Who acts as a head of judiciary in England and Wales?

22. What is a common feature to all legal systems of the UK?

Task 6.

Look at the scheme in the text above and then complete the description that

refers to each court.

1. Claims of lesser value will start in a . There are 250 of these

around the country. They can also deal with divorce and bankruptcy matters.

2. Matters of important legal dispute arising in the Crown Court may be appealed to the .

3. From the Court of Appeal, there can be an appeal to the on

fact or law, but usually appeal is only allowed on matters of legal importance.

4. If the case involves a serious crime, it is heard in the

(there is only one but it has about 70 centres around the

jurisdiction).

5. In less serious criminal cases (which comprise over 90 % of criminal cases), the case is sent for trial in one of over 400 .

6. More substantial civil claims (over around 25,000 pounds) are heard in the

7. Under the system of appeals in civil cases, it is possible to appeal from a County Court or the High Court to the .

Task 7.

Working on the texts (with an English-Ukrainian dictionary)

Below are some typical legal phrases.

1. to accuse someone of something

2. to be liable for something

3. to sentence someone to a punishment

4. to claim damages for something

5. to be entitled to compensation

6. to bring a case against someone

7. to be guilty of an offence

8. to fine someone for something

Now complete the following texts with the above phrases. Use each phrase once

in the past tense. Write one word in each gap.

1. In Court 1, the Police Prosecutor accused Ann Philips disorderly

behaviour. A number of witnesses were called to give evidence. Finally, the

magistrate decided that Phillips

the charge but did not her prison.

Instead, he fined her her behaviour.

2. In Court 2, John Bailey a case his employer. He claimed

a serious injury at work. The judge decided that his

employer liable the injury and ruled that Peter

to substantial damages.

Task 8.

Choose the right variant to complete the following sentences.

1. The necessary step is ... of a jury panel.

a) select b) the selection c) selective

2. Trial by Jury is part of what the English-speaking nations of the world ... by democracy.

a) understandable b) understanding c) understand

3. The right for ... to have a jury has been welded into English law for hundreds of years.

a) a suspect b) suspicious c) suspicion

4. If he is ..., he will get a good lawyer and a jury.

a) guiltily b) guilty c) guilt

5. If he is ... he would have a better chance with a judge only in court.

a) innocence b) innocent c) innocently

6. In both chambers of Parliament... was condemned as unjust.

a) legislate b) the legislation c) legislative

7. Magistrates are ... officers who judge cases in lower courts.

a) judicial b) judiciary c) judgment

8. Magistrates have no formal legal ....

a) qualifications b) qualify c) qualified

9. Magistrates are ... people who are given some necessary training.

a) respect b) respectable c) respectfully

10. The juror's duty is to find the verdict according to his own best understanding, ..., and conscience.

a) judge b) judgment c) judicial

11. ... cases are usually disputes between or among private citizens, corporations, government agencies, and other organizations.

a) civilize b) civilian c) civil

12. As a juror, you may sit on a ... case, a civil case, or both.

a) crime b) criminal c) criminality

13. In criminal cases the verdict must be ....

a) unanimity b) unanimous c) unanimously

14. In criminal cases all jurors must... that the defendant is guilty.

a) agree b) agreement c) agreeable

15. Ninety per cent of criminal... begins in Magistrates' Courts.

a) investigate b) investigative c) investigation

16. The judge makes ... on legal issues that come up during the trial.

a) decide b) decisive c) decision

17. The word privilege means a special right or immunity, and is used in many ... contexts.

a) legally b) legality c) legal

18. The Queen's Bench Division of the High Court controls ... of power through judicial review.

a) abuse b) abusive c) abusively

19. An appeal to the Crown Court against... by the magistrates' court will be a true re-hearing, with the witnesses giving their evidence again.

a) convicted b) convict c) conviction

20. In an appeal the focus of the appellate court is on ... of the decision.

a) correctly b) correct c) the correctness