Solicitors

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 528.

Reading 1: Types of legal profession in England and Wales

A CAREER IN LAW. LEGAL PROFESSIONS

UNIT 3

Pre-reading task. Read the words. Mind the stress. A):

΄rapidly prac΄titioner ,matri΄monial

΄prosecute ad΄mit con,sideration

΄voluntarily de΄fend a΄ccuse

΄register pre΄side re΄move

΄innocent ju΄diciary pro΄ceeding

΄coroner in΄quire in΄dictable

΄deputy con΄cern ,super΄visory

B) Complete the word building table.

C)

1. Read the text and translate the text into Ukrainian.

There are about 50,000 solicitors who are general practitioners, the number which is rapidly increasing, and they make up by far the largest branch of the legal profession in England and Wales. They are found in every town, where they deal with all the day-to-day work of preparing legal documents for buying and selling houses, making wills, etc. Solicitors also work on court cases for their clients, prepare cases for barristers to present in the higher courts and may represent their client in a Magistrates' court. In a civil action solicitors have a right to speak in the County Court, when the case is one of divorce or recovering some debts, and they deal with petty crimes and some matrimonial matters in Magistrates Courts, the lowest Courts.

To become a solicitor a young man joins a solicitor as a «clerk» and works for him while studying part time for the Law Society exams. When you have passed all the necessary exams, you may apply to the Law Society to be «admitted». After that you can practise, which means you can start business on your own.