2.Telephone … is said to be in the hands of …
3.The police cannot prosecute a criminal without …
4.One gang managed to steal millions before they were … and
5.Opening an account in a seems to be very simple.
4. Match these terms with their definitions:
1)siphon off and divert-x;
2)arrest;
3)convict;
4)imprison;
5)mount an offensive;
a)hold someone at a police station;
b)implement a serious campaign against an enemy;
c)move part of something without the owner knowing about it;
d)put someone in prison;
e)find someone guilty of a crime.
FOLLOW UP
1.You discover that a colleague at work has been involved in telephone crime – she has opened an account in a false name and is selling calls to other office workers. Write a letter to your boss explaining what has been going on, and how you discovered it.
2.«Organised crime» – groups of notorious criminals – are involved in telephone crime, according to the text. What can international police forces do to prevent their activities? Think about such things as cross-border cooperation, sharing of information, developing specialised technology (like the call monitoring device Sheriff), and list the actions that could help stop international telephone crime.
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UNIT 5. Business lawyers 1. Discuss these questions.
1.In your country, are there different kinds of lawyers? If so, what are the differences?
2.Can you describe the normal way that lawyers become qualified to practise law in your country?
Solicitor or barrister?
The solicitor is the first point of contact with the law for a client in the UK. The solicitor listens carefully to the client, making sure their needs are clearly understood and then explains the legal position and tenders advice. By contrast, barristers will only see the client in the company of a briefing solicitor. The barrister is the specialist with particular skills in advocacy, a consultant who will examine the case and decide what line to take in court. The barrister will be reliant on the detailed brief prepared by the client's solicitor. There are only a few solicitors who are allowed to present cases in the higher courts. Many more solicitors work in their litigation departments and spend much of their time preparing briefs for counsel. Barristers are self-employed in the independent Bar. Solicitors are normally salaried and may be offered a share in the profits of the practice if they are successful.
The Bar is a small but influential independent body with just over 8,000 practising barristers in over 400 chambers in England and Wales. In addition, there are about 2,000 barristers employed as in-house lawyers. The Bar is an advocacy profession. The Bar's right of audience in the higher courts remains virtually unchallenged. The work divides equally between civil and criminal law. There are over 70 specialist areas, including major ones like chancery (mainly property and finance) and the commercial bar.
Judges in England and Wales have mostly been barristers of 10 years' standing, then Queen's Counsellors, and are appointed by the Lord Chancellor. Judges
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cannot work as barristers once they are appointed. A barrister who is a part-time judge is known as a Recorder. The Crown Prosecutor, who works for the Director of Public Prosecutions, is responsible for prosecuting criminals based on evidence presented by the police. Solicitors do a variety of work – corporate and commercial, litigation, property, private law, banking and project finance, employment law and environmental law. There are about 66,000 practising solicitors in England and Wales.
COMPREHENSION
1.Mark these statements T (true) or F (false), according to the information in the text. Find the part of the text that gives the correct information.
1.If you have any kind of legal question the first person you consult is a barrister. F
2.A barrister and a solicitor are both qualified lawyers in the UK.
3.«Preparing a brief for counsel» means a solicitor writes a detailed description of a case so as to inform the expert (the barrister) of all the facts and main legal points.
4.A solicitor cannot speak in a higher court.
5.A barrister in the UK is an independent qualified lawyer.
6.If you want to work for a law firm and receive a regular salary, you should become a solicitor.
7.There are more solicitors than barristers.
8.Barristers often specialise in particular areas of the law, like property or contracts.
9.A barrister may become a judge, but a solicitor cannot.
10.The law is the same in England as in Scotland but differs in Wales.
11.A Recorder is a part-time judge.
12.One of the roles of the police in the UK is to assemble sufficient evidence for a criminal case to come to court.
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LANGUAGE PRACTICE
1.Choose the best explanation for each of these words or phrases from the text.
1.tenders advice
a)offers advice;
b)bids for advice;
c)refuses advice.
2.briefing solicitor
a)lawyer who works quickly;
b)lawyer who writes a letter;
c)lawyer who prepares a case for court.
3.advocacy
a)speaking or pleading in the court;
b)lawyers;
c)rich and famous people.
4.line
a)queue;
b)time to allocate;
c)position.
5.salaried
a)with postgraduate degrees;
b)receiving regular pay;
c)independent.
6.practising
a)not very good yet;
b)in training;
c)professionally working.
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7.chambers
a)bedrooms;
b)barristers' offices;
c)changing rooms.
8.in-house
a)hoteliers;
b)employed by a company;
c)independent.
9.right of audience
a)performing on stage;
b)tickets to observe;
c)allowed to speak in court.
10.commercial bar
a)expensive drinks;
b)law of business;
c)trade and industry ban.
2.Comparing texts
Read the text below and complete the sentences which follow.
A person admitted to practise law in their respective state and authorised to perform both civil and criminal legal functions for clients, including drafting of legal documents, giving of legal advice, and representing such before courts, administrative agencies, boards, etc.
Prosecutor
One who prosecutes another for a crime in the name of the government. One who instigates the prosecution upon which an accused is arrested or who prefers an accusation against the party whom they suspect to be guilty, as does a district,
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