Legal English
Language: English
Pages: 360
ISBN: 0415712858
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
English is the dominant language of international business relations, and a good working knowledge of the language is essential for today’s legal or business professional. Written with the needs of both practitioners and students in mind, Legal English provides a comprehensive and highly practical approach to its subject-matter and addresses the key aspects of the use of English in commercial legal contexts.
Legal English
covers the key areas of legal English usage for both written and oral legal communication in typical legal situations. It features expanded terminology glossaries, legal drafting troubleshooting tips, language for negotiation and contract-drafting guidance.
This new fourth edition now offers more activities and examples, both in print and online, showing how language is correctly applied, as well as sample templates for commonly used written documents such as legal letters, memoranda, and contracts.
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- Video simulations of real-life legal situations
- Comprehension exercises
- Gap-fill exercises
- Multiple choice questions
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which each qualify a noun in the same way. For example, ‘a small, dark room’. However, where the adjectives qualify the noun in different ways, or when one adjective qualifies another, no comma is used. For example, ‘a distinguished international lawyer’ or ‘a shiny blue suit’. The importance of using commas correctly cannot be overstated. In one Australian case the court had to look at a workers insurance policy that described the employer’s business as ‘Fuel Carrying and Repairing’. The
other words, but bailment and patent cannot. ● Try to produce text that looks as if it has been written by a normal human being. Break any of the rules above sooner than write like a robot. CONSISTENCY Synonyms Legal English is full of synonyms. It is therefore all too easy to start writing about something using certain words, and then later on in the document or letter start using other words to describe it. This can lead to lack of clarity or to ambiguity. It is crucial to be consistent in
lesser extent the UK) have lightly regulated free-market economies in which parties’ freedom to contract is not much affected by legal rules. In such climates there is greater need for remedies and dispute resolution methods to be specifically agreed between the parties in the contract itself. 9.2.2 Specific rules of interpretation In addition to the basic approach outlined above, some specific rules of interpretation are used in common law jurisdictions. These are briefly outlined below.
of five years. ● The goods must be delivered within 14 days. ● The Company agrees to provide training for service personnel. ● The agreement may be terminated by notice. ● An arrangement between the Seller and the Buyer . . . ● It is agreed that the goods will be collected from the Seller’s warehouse at 21 Redwoods Road. ● It is agreed that the goods will be collected from the Seller’s warehouse in/on Redwoods Road. Page 7 Black colour1 Page 8 8 Black colour1 Legal English ●
degree to an adjective, verb, other adverb or sentence (e.g. greatly, very, fortunately, efficiently). Therefore, adverbs may be added to modify the meaning of our example: The commercial lawyer efficiently drafted the sales contract. 2.12.3 Linking clauses In order to build more complex sentences, it is necessary to find ways of linking clauses together. One way of achieving this is by using prepositions (in, at, on, to, from, etc) or conjunctions (and, or, but, since, when, because, although,
