The Lawyers English Language Coursebook 2016
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CONTENTS
Ik The Legal Profession 9
Working in law 9
Making a claim in the civil court 10
Areas of law 13
Vocabulary check 19
Toles Foundation exam practice 20
IB The Legal Profession 23
The importance of collocations 23
The importance of prepositions 24
Solicitors and barristers 25
Areas of law 29
The register of letter writing 31
Using your knowledge 34
TOLES Higher exam practice 36
2A The Language of Banking 41
A new bank account 41
Working in a bank 46
Loans 48
Vocabulary check 51
TOLES Foundation exam practice 52
2B The Language of Banking 55
A bank account 55
An email from the bank 58
The language of contract 60
The register of letter writing 63
Using your knowledge 65
TOLES Higher exam practice 67
3A The Language of Contract Law 73
A contract case 73
More about precedent 75
The elements of a contract 78
The end of an offer 80
What is consideration? 81
Contract and statute 82
Reading contract law 85
Going to court 87
Vocabulary check 89
TOLES Foundation exam practice 90
3B The Language of Contract Law 93
Where does contract law come from? 93
Reading a statute 96
The elements of a contract 99
Reading a contract case 100
Offer and acceptance 102
Consideration 104
Contract lav/ in practice 107
Starting a claim for breach of contract 110
Using your knowledge 112
TOLES Higher exam practice 114
4A The Language of Employment Law 119
Being an employer 119
An employment contract 122
How can an employment contract end? 126
Acting for an employee 128
Acting for an employer 130
An employment case 132
Vocabulaty check 133
TOLES Foundation exam practice 134
Finding a job 137 The different parts of a written contract 215
Working in employment law 140 Parties and recitals 216
Some clauses from an employment Defined terms 219
contract 144 The operative provisions 223
An employment tribunal 147 Delivery of goods or sen/ices 230
An employment claim . 151 Using your knowledge 235
Using your knowledge 155 TOLES Higher exam practice 237
TOLES Higher exam practice 157
7A The Language of Business Law 239
The Language of the Law of Tort 161 -
— Sole traders 239
What is the law of tort? 161 Partnerships 242
Types of tort 163 A partnership agreement 246
The duty of care 165 Limited liability partnerships 248
More about negligence 167 Companies 249
A famous case in English law 168 Public and private limited companies 253
Vocabulary check 170 Incorporating a company 256
TOLES Foundation exam practice 171 Vocabulary check 259
TOLES Foundation exam practice 260
The Language of the Law of Tort 175
An introduction to the law of tort 175 7B The Language of Business Law 263
What is tortious liability? 177 Incorporated and unincorporated businesses 263
Some categories of tort 180 Sole traders 265
The tort of negligence 182 Partnerships 266
The most famous tort case 184 The language of drafting 268
Using your knowledge 186 The register of letter writing 272
TOLES Higher exam practice 188 Companies 274
Incorporating a company 276
Understanding Contracts (1) 193 Paperwork 278
Shares and share capital 282
The style of written contracts 193
✓ Limited liability oartnerships 283
Understanding formal expressions 195
Understanding technical words 199 The language of drafting 284
Using your knowledge 286
Understanding archaic terms 201
TOLES Higher exam practice 288
Understanding some common words 204
The structure of a contract 207
Vocabulary check 210
TOLES Foundation exam practice 211
Modern Letter Writing 293 10A Understanding Contracts (2) 371
The layout of a letter 293 Some more typical contract clauses 371
Dates 295 Some important commercial vocabulary 373
Salutations 296 Termination clauses 375
Complimentary close 298 Intellectual property clauses 377
References 299 Retention of title clauses 379
Subject lines 300 Warranty, indemnity and force
The body of a letter 302 majeure clauses 380
Putting a letter together 303 More about force majeure clauses 382
The register of letter writing 304 Vocabulary check 385
The content of the letter 308 TOLES Foundation exam practice 386
Typical sentences in legal letters 309
Letter writing clinic 311 10B Understanding Contracts (2) 389
Correcting common mistakes in letter writing 315 Risk and title 389
TOLES Higher exam practice 323 Intellectual property' and confidential information 394
Warranties and indemnities 399
The Language of Company Law 327 Term and termination 404
Who runs a company? 327 Force majeure 408
Areas of company law 329 Using your knowledge 410
Directors 331 TOLES Higher exam practice 412
Company meetings 333
Company finance - a case study 337 Answer Key 415
Closing a company 339 Answers 415
Insolvent companies 342 Audio transcripts 443
Vocabulary check 344
TOLES Foundation Exam Practice 345
The Language of Company Law 349
People connected with a company 349
Working in company law 350
Directors 352
Company meetings 356
Insolvency 359
Who gets the assets? 362
Using your knowledge 364
TOLES Higher exam practice 366
