1.

Verb Tense shifts

Rewrite the paragraphs with the correct verb form. Underline the corrected
verb.
For example: He had a good job in the United States and I had a great job
in a travel agency

Narrative #1 Andres and I met at a party in Mexico City. He had a good job
in the United States and I had a great job in a travel agency in Mexico. But
we fell in love. Our phone bill was $400 a month, because I always called
him. I decided to walk across the border to be with him. It would be years
before I can join him legally. We couldn’t wait that long. Andres was
nervously waiting for me across the border in Los Angeles. I was
taken with a group of five other people to a spot far out in the desert. I
walked and walked, through the night. We were completely silent. Then,
we were driven in a car to a house in Los Angeles. Andres was waiting for
a phone call outside a 7-11 store (we had no cellphone back then), but the
men who kept me in the house didn’t contact him for a long time. When
they called him, they wanted more money. Andres didn’t have much money.
We were both anxious and terrified. Finally, Andres found the extra money
and the men took me to his uncle’s house. I was so happy to see Andres
again.

Case Study # 1 Mrs G is an elderly blind woman. She was visited at her
home by a sales representative from a bed company. She thought he had
come about a prize offer from the company. He proceeded to sell her an
expensive orthopedic bed despite the fact that her medical condition
makes it impossible for her to use a bed. Students went out to visit her in
her home and took her instructions. The students wrote a letter to the
company who agreed to reimburse Mrs G. The students reported the
company to Trading Standards.

Case Study #2 The client wished to set up a charitable trust to assist with
the costs of caring for sick and injured hedgehogs. The client was
interested in raising awareness about hedgehogs and their overall decline.
She wanted to know what sources of funding may be available to such a
charity. The students provided the client with advice and guidance on
the necessary formalities to set a charity. The students also provided the
client with information surrounding funding and grants available to the
charity.
Case Study #3 Mrs J took a horse out on loan on behalf of her daughter.
The horse became seriously ill as a result of a disease and subsequently
died. Mrs J is then taken to court for recovery of veterinary bills which were
incurred as a result of the horse’s illness. The students acted for Mrs J who
is the defendant in the case and disputed agreeing to pay the veterinary
bills. The students researched the legal issues involved in the case, and
represented Mrs J on both preliminary issue and full trial of the case in the
small claims court. The Student Law Office successfully defended the claim
on behalf of Mrs J.

2. Subject -Verb Agreement

Locate the subject verb disagreement in the following paragraphs.
Underline and write the correct answer.
For example: If the law gives the loser the right to a higher court review.

The losing party in a criminal prosecution or a civil action may ask a higher
(appellate) court to review the case on the ground that the trial court judge
made a mistake. If the law gives the loser the right to a higher court review,
his or her lawyers will appeal. If the loser does not have this right, his or her
lawyers may ask the court for a writ of certiorari. Under this procedure, the
appellate court is being asked to exercise its lawful discretion in granting
the cases a hearing for review. The decision, or holding, are the court’s
answer to a question presented to it for answer by the parties involved or
raised by the court itself in its own reading of the case. There are narrow
procedural holdings, for example, “case reversed and remanded,”
broader substantive holdings which deal with the interpretation of the
Constitution, statutes, or judicial doctrines. If the issue has been drawn
precisely, the holdings can be stated in simple “yes” or “no” answers or in
short statements taken from the language used by the court. Complaints
against the city or federal government are generally settled out of court, but
in the event that the government refuses to settle, the complaints are
generally tried as civil cases. These cases can be brought in any case
where the plaintiff alleges that city law or policy have caused harm to its
citizens.
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Curto, J. (2019). The Use of Modal Verbs Shall in Legal Texts
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Walter, J. (2017)
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Northumbria University (2020). Examples of Recent Cases. Retrieved from
https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/academic-departments/northumbria-law-
school/study/student-law-
https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/ijld-2016-0017/html