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Lesson 3 10th March 

Unit 3: Tort Law  Reading 1_ pp28-29 ex 1-5; 

From Tort Law

•civil wrong
•contractual relations
•injured party
•fraudulent misrepresentation
•medical expenses
•monetary damages

Terminology: Explain these terms in your own words. Use expressions such as: this is the word for../This is the person who …/This is what you do when ..

• damages vs damage
• assignor vs assignee
• the non-braching party vs the breaching party
• specific performance
• restitution
• the injured party 
• remedy

Damages: risarcimento danni, indennizzo, risarcimento

Different types of damages:

• substantial damages
• punitive (or exemplary) damages
• liquidated damages

From the film Erin Brockovich 

more movie clips

What kind of damages are being awarded here? 

Self Study: Consolidate your "legal English" through news articles Look up on the Guardian or the BBC news  to find news articles dealing with:
- Punitive damages / Exemplary damages 
- Nominal damages 
- Substantial damages 

Nel vs articolo estrapolate parole chiavi legate all'area giuridica e pubblicate il lavoro
Enjoy it!
Take this article as an example "nominal damages of £1" What could we learn from reading it?

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Lesson 7 [4^th March 15:30-19:30]

Si conclude, con questo incontro, un percorso di studio sulla lingua inglese per scopi specifici che ha visto impegnati avvocati e agenti di commercio desiderosi di mettersi al passo con i tempi. Siamo consapevoli che si tratta solo di un primo step e che tanto ancora bisogna aggiungere ma intanto siamo partiti ...!  

 Confusing words in legal English
Vocabulary test
Prepositions from lesson 6
Students will be asked to deal with a case study
They have also been asked to write a legal opinion about a legal matter
Conclusions and feedback about the course

     How to deal with a case study: 

•      The facts of the case 
•      Who are the parties?
•      What do you know about each of them?
•      What was the agreement? 
•      What went wrong?
•      What does each side want?

Relevant legal documents

    
     Text 1 is an authentic extract from the UK Sale of Goods act 1979

Text 2 is a more detailed explanation of how to calculate damages for breach of warranty.
Text 3 refers to a precedent 

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Lesson 2

Language from reading 1

• Adverb+adjective: intellectually stimulating
• Verb+preposition: to lead to something; to decide on something; to get involved with something
• Preposition+noun: in addition (to)
• Verb+noun: to take a course/subject;to run a partnership; to offer a course; to offer assistance; to hire new recruits
• Verb+verb: to go on to become something
• Adjective+noun: future career; local community; day-to-day work; a good command (of English)
• Noun+noun: work experience

Language from Reading 2:

From contract law: formation, interpretation, performance and enforcement of contracts, offer and acceptance, consideration.

From Tort Law: liability for intentional and negligently caused injures to person and property; strict liability; vicarious liability; ultra-hazardous activities; products liability; nuisance; invasion of privacy; defamation; damages; losses.

From Ciminal Law: crime against persons, property and public administration; the law of homicide

From Evidence: relevancy, hearsay, impeachment, cross-examination.

From Criminal Procedure: regulation of law enforcement, investigation of crimes, search and seizure, electronic surveillance, entrapment,

From Constitutional Law: judicial function, distribution under the constitution, immunities under the constitution.

From legal research & writing: to acquaint students with …; analyze judicial opinions; legal citation; techniques of writing memoranda and briefs.

•  Comparative
• Reading 3 Graduate Recruitment programme
• University of Nottingham - school of law 

Language:

What to study - core (compulsory) subjects and optional subjects:

• criminal law, contract law, land law, equity and trusts, administrative law and constitutional law, family law, employment law and housing law,company law, commercial law, litigation and arbitration.

Where to work:

• Partnership [general partnership (società in nome collettivo) limited partnership (società in accomandita)]
• Large law practice/firm
• Commercial practice
• Sole practitioner
• Law clinic

Collocations:

Legal writing, legal research, legal practice, legal assistance, legal community,

Law degree programme, law student, law practice, law clinic, law firm

Awkward words

- equity and trusts = affidamento fiduciario - Leggi "L'utilizzo del trust in Italia"
- - Podcast - What is equity?  + Material accompanyng the podcast
- equity vs common law 

Introduction to Contract Law: 

consideration (nella common law si tratta di un interesse, un vantaggio, un beneficio ricevuto da una parte; ovvero un sacrificio, una perdita concessa, subita o sopportata dall'altra parte.)
From "English for Law"  Cornerlsen: Contract Law Consideration
counter offer
essential terms
assignor (who transfers sth - cedente)  vs assignee (who is entrusted with sth cessionario/assegnatario)
specific performance
breaching party vs non-breaching party/injured party 
binding contract vs non-binding 

Collocations
- An offer
Accept, make, reject, withdraw, increase, submit, receive, consider
- A contract
Breach/form/negotiate/perform/draw up/draft/sign a contract
- Damages

Accept/award/claim/win/receive/seek/pay damages
- A lawsuit
File/bring (fare causa)/launch (avviare)/persue/win/lose

What actions do they carry out
A party
Breaches a contract/performs a contract
The parties
Negotiate an offer/negotiate a contract/form a contract
The court
Enforces a contract/awards damages
A lawyer
Files a lawsuit/negotiates an offer/negotiates a contract/accepts an offer

Focus on: enforce/enforceable (esecutivo)
To enforce: verbo transitivo
1. (impose) imporre [rule, silence, discipline];
fare rispettare, applicare [law, court order];
fare valere [legal rights];
esigere [payment];
fare rispettare [contract]
Enforceable (esempio) 

2. For that reason, the parties consent that such covenants shall be enforceable in a court of equity by temporary or permanent injunction, restraining order or a decree of specific performance. The remedies provided above shall be cumulative and not exclusive and are in addition to any other remedies, which either party may have under this Agreement or applicable law.

Per tale motivo, le parti acconsentono/convengono che tali clausole debbano essere fatte valere in una corte di equità con ingiunzione (esecutiva) permanente o temporanea, ordine restrittivo o atto specifico. Le azioni (giudiziarie) elencate sopra devono essere cumulative e non esclusive e si intendono in aggiunta alle azioni che una delle due parti può esperire in base al presente accordo(ovvero) applicabili per legge.

Self Study 

• Reading 2 p. 20 ex 9-10
• Listening 2 p. 21 ex 19-20
• Reading 3 p. 22 ex 22-24
• Modal verbs 
• Focus on language page 27

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Lesson 6 [25^th February 9:00 –13:00]

·       Students have been asked to present one or two legal documents 

Well done to those who gave a short presentation on that! :-)

·       Presenting Information and legal opinions

•       A letter of advice
•       How to interpret notes about judgements 
•       Language for negotiations
•       Getting ready for a case study 

·       

·       Grammar section Verbs+ ing/verbs + infinitive/verbs + prepositions

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A warm welcome to all our new students on this academic year!! 

Today's lesson covered:

Programma 2016-2017 
Features of Legal English 
- Unit 1 (text book)
Core subjects vs optional subjects 
Contract law
Criminal law
Tort law
Land law
Equity and Trusts
Administrative law
Constitutional law
Family law
Land law
Housing law
Employment law
Litigation and Arbitration

Vocabulary

• performance and enforcement of contracts
• offer - acceptance - consideration
• breach of contract
• liability
• strict liability 
• vicariuos liability
• nuisance
• damages vs  damage 

damage: means “loss or injury to a person or property”. It is an uncountable singular noun and has no plural form.

E.g.: The cost of the damage to the US caused by Hurricane Ike was estimated at USD 18 billion.

Other words you could use instead of damage: loss, injury

Damages means “money claimed by, or ordered to be paid to, a person as compensation for loss or injury”. It is an uncountable plural noun and has no singular form.

E.g.: The Claimant wishes to sue Acme for damages as a result of a loss sustained by the Claimant after Acme’s failure to perform its obligations.

Other words you could use instead of damages: compensation, satisfaction

• evidence
• hearsay
• law enforcement
• under the constitution

Students' self study 

• page 12 ex 13-14
• page 13 ex 16-17
• Language Focus page 17 ex 1-3

Text book unit 1 and unit 2 

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Lesson 5 [18^th February15:00-19:00]

Part one

Revision : Phrasal verbs

Key terms vocabulary : Buying real property

Listening: Buy to let in Prague

Part two

Reading  and understanding legal Documents   

• ·       Sample of Billof lading /ˈleɪdɪŋ/
• ·       Sample of Affidavit
• ·       Sample of Prenuptial agreement
•      Sample of Mortage /ˈmɔːɡɪdʒ/
• ·       Loan agreement practice
• ·       Employment agreement practice

Students have been asked to choose one legal document and to present it to their class at our next lesson.
Look at the language: make a list of key words, idiomatic expressions, formulaic language

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Sample legal documents_2

 Parte three 

Grammar section: word formation followed by exercises 

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Lesson 4 [11^th February 9:00 – 13:00]

Part one

Stage 1 Business law vocabulary [defendant – plaintiff – draft – bill of lading – no win no fee – promissory note – summons – punitive damages – judgement – negligence – stare decisis

Sts work in pairs – they have to define the given words into details

Stage 2 Contract clauses _ modal verbs 

Stage 3 Students are asked to determine the outcome of an actual case and decide which of the requirements of an offer are fulfilled

Reinforce Contract law practice vocabulary

Part two

·       RealProperty Law presentation

·       Licence  agreement

·       Atto di compravendita [real case]

·       Buying  a property in Italy Students are asked to outline the kind of service and support they could offer  to foreign customers who are interested in buying a property in Italy

 Part three

Grammar: phrasal verbs – idiomatic expressions

Language to be clarified : 

Deposito a garanzia: gli escrow accounts

Escrow account e lettera di credito 

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Part one

Legal Idioms Quiz

Game: contract terminology – Hot seat

Homework checking: Modal verbs – Vocabulary Quiz

Part two

·         Commercial Law – Presentation

·         Business Law Glossary 

·         Reading and Writing commercial contracts

·         General Conditions of sale

Part three mostly on line

Grammar: Comparative and Superlative forms

Business English Comparatives

Comparatives and Superlatives exercises

English for marketing How to describe products

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Lesson 2 [27^th January 15:00 – 19:00]

Part one

Odd one out – interactive skills – vocabulary revision

Homework: Check mixed tenses – letter writing

Part two

·         Contract Law – Contract formation Presentation

·         Language from contract law

·         Contract law: types of contracts, how to talkabout contracts – practice

Futher studies
Contract law: consideration

Part three

·         Grammar:  Modal Verbs in legal English

·         Contract clauses _ modal verbs  

Participants have been asked to share some key language in the area of comments

Whiteboard

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L’UDAI, Unione degli Avvocati d’Italia sezione di Martina Franca, in collaborazione con il Consiglio dell’Ordine degli Avvocati di Taranto, la Fondazione Scuola Forense di Taranto, lo Studio Legale Associato D’Arcangelo, lo Studio Legale Casavola, lo  Studio Legale Comba & Rosano - Casavola, la Fondazione Aequitas ADR di Martina Franca, la Training Solutions della Prof.ssa Maria Lombardi, 

organizza 

il primo corso di inglese legale e commerciale rivolto a imprenditori, dipendenti d’impresa, avvocati, commercialisti, consulenti d’impresa interessati a migliorare le capacità di conversazione, comunicazione, ascolto, lettura e scrittura in lingua inglese, in contesti di lavoro come riunioni, trattative e contrattazioni internazionali, presentazioni aziendali, corrispondenza legale e commerciale.

Saranno oggetto di studio una serie di questioni legali, tra cui la redazione di contratti d’acquisto/vendita, contratti di locazione immobiliare, lettura e comprensione di documenti legali. Ovviamente, l'obiettivo principale dell'intervento formativo è quello di far acquisire un lessico specialistico, nello specifico la contrattualistica del commerciale e dell'immobiliare, il linguaggio delle presentazioni e degli incontri, la corrispondenza commerciale.

Lesson 1 [21^st January 2017 15:00-19:00]

PART ONE

Ice break: findsomeone who

Aims: sts will get to know each other, develop interactive skills, quick screening about their level of English

Students will be asked to write or give an account of  their professional profile  [in charge with, deal with, litigate, represent, responsible for, advise so on sth, drafting, reviewing, meeting with]

Practice: Profile of a lawyer

PART TWO

Writing letters

•     Tips for letterwriting/Different types of letters
•      Letters of complaint (English for Lawyers pp 12-40)
•      Email of advice (IIL pp25-26)
•      Reply to a demand [letter defending or denying allegations made] (IIL pp36-37)
•      Letter before action (IIL pp89-90)

PART THREE

Grammar Section

• Simple Past/Present Perfect 
• Simple Past/Present PerfectSimple/Present Perfect Continuous /Since/For
• Verbs: mixed tenses (Vocabulary for law pp17-18)

Homework:

Students have been asked to complete tasks regarding:

• a profile of a lawyer
• letter writing 
• mixed tenses 

Useful language for writing letters and emails - Please share your findings with the group in the comment area below

• on behalf of
• to fail to make a payment
• to have no option but ..
• substandard quality
• to be in breach of a contract
• to comply with
• in compliance with /kəmˈplaɪəns/