A. Look more closely through the first part and decide which of the following statements renders the main idea of the given part.

1. Although lawyers may be at ‘daggers-drawn’ during a case, there are rules of behaviour – codes of professional conduct – which provide that when in court they must always be courteous to one another.

2. If a lawyer is asked to defend him [the client], he must use all his knowledge and skill to present his client’s case in the best possible light. This is so even if he feels that the defence is not a good one, and that it is unlikely to succeed.

3. Just as judges are expected to be independent, and do the right thing, so too are the members of the legal profession. This means that they should be determined and fearless in putting forward their client’s case.

B. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the false ones.

1. If litigants cannot afford to pay the fees of their lawyers, they may apply for legal advice.

2. Lawyers may agree to take on a case for no fee at all, on condition that if the client wins the case and is awarded damages, they will receive these winnings.

3. Claimants are people against whom claims are brought in the civil courts.

4. The privilege given to clients is that a lawyer must not reveal what he or she has been told by the client in the course of preparing a case, without the client’s consent.

5. If a lawyer performed his ‘out of court’ work negligently, giving bad legal advice, preparing a defective contract, the client couldn’t take him to court and claim compensation.

Vocabulary Work

Exercises

I. Suggest Russian equivalents of the following expressions and use them in your own sentences based on the text.

1. seize power; 2. overthrow the system; 3. consider with special care;

4. suffer injustice; 5. excursion; 6. public spirited citizen; 7. break confidentiality;

8. in sb’s favour; 9. the defence is unlikely to succeed; 10. however great the pressure; 11. road accident; 12. claim compensation; 13. rule of evidence;

14. advocacy; 15. be entitled to smth.

II. Suggest English equivalents of the following expressions and use them in your own sentences based on the text.

1. возмущаться при выплате гонорара; 2. быть на чьей-л. сторо- не; 3. быть на ножах с кем-л.; 4. претерпевать изменения; 5. зараба- тывать прожиточный минимум; 6. пострадавший; 7. признавать(ся), сознаваться; 8. заявить (предъявить, вчинить) иск; возбудить судеб- ное дело, судебный процесс; 9. пособие за счет благотворительных фондов; 10. не принять иск к рассмотрению; 11. халатность; 12. ре- шение суда о возмещении убытков; 13. применение (права, закона и т.д.); 14. гражданские свободы; 15. благотворительное общество или учреждение.

III. Match the expressions on the left (A) with their proper translation on the right (B).

A B

1. branch a. находящийся в затруднительном

положении с профессиональной точки зрения

2. living wage b. совпадение воль, согласие

3. lenient sentence c. отрасль, разновидность

4. consent d. бесплатный совет

5. loyalty e. снятое обвинение

6. professionally embarrassed f. лояльность, верность; соблюдение права, законов

7. free advice g. возмещение, взыскание убытков;

убытки

8. quashed conviction h. функционирование системы

9. damages i. прожиточный минимум

10. running of a system j. мягкий приговор, мягкое наказание