Post- Reading

2) A barrister and a solicitor are both qualified lawyers in the UK.

3) ‘Preparing a brief for counsel’ means a solicitor writes a

detailed description of a case so as to inform the expert (the

barrister) of all the facts and main legal points.

4) A solicitor cannot speak in a higher court.

5) A barrister in the UK is an independent qualified lawyer.

6) If you want to work for a law firm and receive a regular salary,

you should become a solicitor.

7) There are more solicitors than barristers.

8) Barristers often specialise in particular areas of the law, like

property or contracts.

9) A barrister may become a judge, but a solicitor cannot.

10) The law is the same in England as in Scotland but differs in Wales.

11) A Recorder is a part-time judge.

12) One of the roles of the police in the UK is to assemble

sufficient evidence for a criminal case to come to court.

B Choose the best explanation for each of these words or phrases

from the text

1 tenders advice

a) offers advice b) bids for advice c) refuses advice

2 briefing solicitor

a) lawyer who works quickly b) lawyer who writes a letter

c) lawyer who prepares a case for court

3 advocacy

a) speaking or pleading in the court b) lawyers

c) rich and famous people

4 line

a) queue b) time to allocate c) position

5 salaried

a) with postgraduate degrees b) receiving regular pay

c) independent

6 practising

a) not very good yet b) in training

c) professionally working

7 chambers

a) bedrooms b) barristers’ offices c) changing rooms

8 in-house

a) hoteliers b) employed by a company c) independent

9 right of audience

a) performing on stage b) tickets to observe

c) allowed to speak in court

10 commercial bar

a) expensive drinks b) law of business

c) trade and industry ban

C Give the Russian equivalents for the following:

1) brief(s); 2) counsel; 3) litigation department; 4) self-employed barrister; 5) the Bar; 6) chancery; 7) of ten years’ standing;
8) Queen’s Counselor; 9) part-time judge; 10) the Crown Prosecutor.

D Read the text below and complete the sentences which follow.