TESTPAPER

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V-I
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 kind of lawyer is expected to do more fieldwork? (16 points)

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b. What is the job of a judge?

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c. Who has the power of representation?

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d. 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 are precedents?

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3.Use the words to fill in the gaps in the following text. There are three extra words
(10x1p)
Lawyer common law solicitors clients advocate litigation

Court functions qualified system felony crime trial

Barristers

A barrister is a member of one of the two classes of _______________________(1)

found in many ______________________(2) jurisdictions with split legal professions.

Barristers specialize in courtroom advocacy, drafting legal pleadings, and giving

expert legal opinions. They can be contrasted with ______________________(3) – the other
class of lawyer in split professions- who have more direct access to _________________(4),
and may do transactional-type legal work.

Barristers are rarely hired by clients directly but instead are retained or instructed by
solicitors to act on behalf of clients. In some legal systems including those of Scotland,
Belgium, South Africa, India, Pakistan, Scandinavian jurisdictions, Israel, Brasil, and the
British Crown dependencies of Jersey , Guernsey and the Isle of Man, a professional with
similar responsibilities is called an ____________________(5).

The historical difference between the two professions- and the only essential
difference in England and Wales today- is that solicitors are attorneys, which means that they
can act in the place of their client for legal purposes (as in signing contracts) and may conduct
______________________(6) on their behalf by making applications to the
_________________(7), writing letters in litigation to the client’s opponent, and so on.

A barrister is not an attorney and is usually forbidden, either by law or professional

rules or both, from conducting litigation. This means that, while the barrister speaks on the
client’s behalf in court, he or she can do so only when instructed by a solicitor or certain other
qualified professional clients, such as patent agent.

Many countries with common law legal system, including the USA, have abandoned
the separate system of legal representation, and an attorney or lawyer can perform all the
______________________(8) of each. Some other jurisdictions have a “partially fused”
profession: for example, in New Zeeland and some states of Australia, all solicitors are also
___________________(9) to practise as barristers, but there is still a separate
____________________(10) of qualification as barristers only.

4.Write 5 special questions to the text.(5x2p)

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5. Write the summary of the text. (10 p)

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6. Infer details from the situation bellow in order to answer the questions.(6x2p)
Mr. Gundy owns a large apartment building. When his janitors wax the lobby floor, they
place a twelve inch square sign near the front door that reads: “Caution. Wet Floor.” Mrs.
Gonzalez is hurrying home from shopping carrying two large bags of groceries. She does not
see the sign and slips and falls on the freshly waxed floor, injuring her knee and arm. Mrs.
Gonzalez sues Mr. Gundy.

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

“How can we fight corruption?”

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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