Find opposites to these words in the text

Public, illegal, oral, disappear, unemployed, indirectly, to dissolve (partnership), limited, simple, decrease, dependent.

Exercise 6

Match the English words to their Russian equivalents.

1. legal adviser a. заниматься адвокатской деятельностью

2. do advocacy b. партнерство

3. draft documents c. советник по правовым вопросам

4. conveyanсing d. иметь право выступать в суде

5. to have a right of audience e. индивидуальный предприниматель

6. sole trader f. неограниченная ответственность (по долгам)

7. partnership g. передача прав собственности на недвижимость

8. unlimited liability h. составлять проект документов

9. appear in court i. знакомить (адвоката) с обстоятельствами дела

10. to instruct (a barrister) j. выступать в суде

 

Exercise 7

a) Match two columns to make word – combinations and translate them:

1. to draft a contract

2. sole b liability

3. unlimited c opinion

4. to provide d partnership

5. to give e representation

6. to form f trader

7. to draw up g documents

B) Fill in the blanks with the correct word-combinations.

1. …....... is a person who runs a business by himself.

2. …....... is legal responsibility for paying all debts using his/her personal property.

3. If you need to …...... you must address your lawyer.

4. The main function of a barrister is to …...... in the court.

Exercise 8

Match the two parts of the definitions.

1. Someone who works for his or herself is a provide representation.

2. If you speak on behalf of clients in court, you b lay clients.

3. Non-professional clients are known as c self-employed/ a sole trader.

4. Barristers working solely for a company are called d instructed.

5. The governing authorities of barrister are e in-house counsel.

6. When a solicitor gives a barrister

the details of a case, the barrister is f practise at the Bar.

7. When you work as a barrister you

g the Bar Council and the Inns of Court.

Exercise 9

Answer the questions to the text.

1. Who practises as legal advisers in the corporations in the U.K.?

2. Can solicitors appear in every court?

3. What kind of work do solicitors usually do?

4. Can barristers be employed directly by clients?

5. Who forms partnership?

6. Who acts as sole traders?

7. Why do barristers prefer to experts in particular areas?

 

Exercise 10

Which of these statements best expresses the main idea of the text? Give reasons for your answer:

1) Barristers can also take cases in the inferior courts.

2) The solicitor is more of a specialist than the barrister.

3) Barristers are not allowed to form partnerships.

4) In the English legal system there is a division of the legal profession into barristers and solicitors.