TESTPAPER

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V-II
1. Look at the list of legal occupations. All these people work in law. Match the jobs with
one of the descriptions.(4 points)

a. This person is a lawyer who gives legal advice and opinions to solicitors. He or she passed
the exams of the Bar Council of England and Wales at the end of his or her studies.

b.This person is a lawyer who gives legal advice to individuals and companies. He or she
passed his or her exams in the USA at the end of his or her studies and is usually a member of
the American Bar Association.

c. This person is a lawyer who gives legal advice to individuals and companies. He or she
passed the exams of the Law Society of England and Wales at the end of his or her studies.

d.This is the general job title that we use for people who work as a solicitor,barrister or
attorney.

1.Solicitor 2.Attorney 3. Barrister 4.Lawyer

2. Answer the following questions (5 p):

a. What are the two parties to the civil action?

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b. What are torts?

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c. What are the main differences between barristers and solicitors?

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e. What are the main types of torts? (examples)

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f. What kind of lawyer is expected to do more field work?

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 3. Use the words to fill in the gaps in the following text. There are three extra words
(10x1p)
Case statutes evidence barristers committees law precedent
Training bench independence trial witness rule
Judges in the UK
The Judge is the presiding officer of the court. The statutory basis for the
appointment of judges dates from the Act of Settlement 1700.
Judges themselves are not separate profession: they are __________________(1) who
have demonstrates competence in litigation and have been elevated to the
__________________(2), itself a name derived from the part of the Court where they
sit. A barrister always enters the judiciary at the lower trial level. He is thereafter
promoted, if he proves successful in the initial judicial post.
The traditional function of judges is to apply existing rules of the law to the
_________________(3) before them. The judge decides the interpretation of law. After
all the _________________(4) has been given the judge summarizes the case, both law
and facts, for the jury. This is called his summing up.
Judges are capable of “making __________________(5)” both through the
interpretation of ____________________(6) and the doctrine of
__________________(7).When an Act of Parliament makes no provision for the case
in question and there is no existing precedent, the judge must, if necessity, create a new
law.
Judges are not under the control of Parliament, or the Civil Service.
The________________(8)_ of the judiciary is a fundamental principle of constitutional
law. Closely related to judicial independence is the doctrine of judicial immunity.
The professional judges, “High Court Judges”, deal with the most serious crimes.
They are paid salaries by the state. Alongside with professional judges there are unpaid
judges. They are called Magistrates or Justices of Peace. They are ordinary citizens
who are selected not because they have any legal _______________________(9) but
because they have sound “common sense” and understanding of their fellow human
beings.
Magistrates are selected by special ______________________(10) in every town and
district. Nobody, even Magistrates themselves, knows who is on the special committee
in their area. The committee tries to draw Magistrates from different professions and
social classes. The work of Magistrates’ Court throughout the country depends on the
unpaid services of Justices of Peace.
4. Write 5 special questions to the text.(5x2p)
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5. Write the summary of the text. (10p)

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6. Infer details from the situation bellow in order to answer the questions.(6x2p)
Mike is waiting to speak to Mrs. Crabapple before his next class, but Mrs. Crabapple ends up
being very late. After about five minutes of waiting, Mike decides that he needs to get to the
class he is actually supposed to be in, before it’s too late. Mike walks across the hall to his
class but, as he enters the classroom, he slips on some Gatorade that was left on the floor. As
he slips, he falls on his elbow and fractures it. The parents of the student sue Mrs. Crabapple
for the medical bills claiming that she was late to class.

a) Who would be the defendant in this situation?

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b) Who would be the plaintiff in this situation?

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c) What tort took place?

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e) What are the damages in this situation?

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f) If you were the defendant in this situation, what would be the best defense to use?

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g) Who do you think would win in this situation? Why?

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Moldova State University, Law Department, Attestation I. Teacher: Butucel Lia

7. Explain the problem of high criminality and suggest two solutions. (150 words)
(22points)

“How can we fight child abuse or child maltreatment?”

Useful languge: To begin/to start with, one way/another way, another solution would
be, measures should be taken in order to solve, the situation could be improved,
therefore, consequently, due to, as a result, so that…,in order to, obviously, clearly,
all in all, to sum up, all things considered.
Assessment criteria:

1. Content and understanding – 7p

2. Organisation and presentation of ideas – 8p

3. Vocabulary – 2p

4. Grammar – 2p

5. Spelling – 2p

6. Punctuation – 1p

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Moldova State University, Law Department, Attestation I. Teacher: Butucel Lia