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Professional English in Use Law is suitable for upper-intermediate to advanced students and contains 45 units covering a wide variety of legal vocabulary. Topics include corporate and commercial law, liability, contract law and intellectual property. The book also introduces general legal vocabulary related to legal systems, the legal professions and the skills lawyers need in their daily working lives. Professional English in Use Law is also an ideal companion for learners preparing for the new Cambridge International Legal English Certificate (ILEC) and covers key topics and vocabulary from the exam.

Thanks and Acknowledgments	p. 2
Introduction	p. 6
The Legal System
Legal systems	p. 8
The structure of the law
The constitution
Jurisdiction
Sources of law: legislation	p. 10
Background to making new law
Early development of a Bill
Passing an Act
Sources of law: common law	p. 12
Common law in the UK
Law reports
The court system	p. 14
Civil courts
Criminal courts
Criminal justice and criminal proceedings	p. 16
Criminal justice
Categories of criminal offence
Criminal court proceedings
Civil procedure	p. 18
Civil Procedure Rules
Proceeding with a claim
Tribunals	p. 20
The status and range of tribunals
Composition of tribunals and procedure
European Union law	p. 22
What is the EU?
How does the EU impact on Member States?
Legal Professionals
Solicitors	p. 24
Legal practitioners
Training
A partner in a law firm
Barristers	p. 26
Organisation
Training and qualifications of practising barristers
Working lives	p. 28
A company commercial lawyer
A legal secretary
Judges	p. 30
Judicial appointments in England and Wales
The training of judges
Civil courts: sentencing and court orders
A law firm's structure and practice	p. 32
A law firm's structure and practice
Legal Professionals in Practice
Client care procedures	p. 34
Explaining client care procedures
Money laundering procedures	p. 36
Money laundering procedures
Client correspondence	p. 38
Client correspondence
Standard phrases for starting and ending letters and emails
Explanations and clarification	p. 40
Explaining a procedure
Approximating and comparing
Rephrasing and clarifying
Legalese	p. 42
Legal language
Latin terms
Older words and modern equivalents
Law in Practice
Business organisations	p. 44
Sole trader
Partnerships
Limited Companies
Formation of a company	p. 46
Incorporation
Memorandum and Articles of Association
Raising capital by share safe	p. 48
Share capital
Share value
Rights attaching to shares
Debt financing: secured lending	p. 50
Granting security
The terms of a charge
Company directors and company secretaries	p. 52
Qualifications and duties of a company director
Qualifications and duties of a company secretary
Insolvency and winding up	p. 54
Insolvency
Insolvency scenarios
Alternative dispute resolution	p. 56
Alternative dispute resolution
ADR procedures
Corporation Tax	p. 58
Corporation Tax liability in the UK
Word combinations with 'tax'
Mergers and acquisitions	p. 60
Mergers and acquisitions
Dealing disclosure requirements
Anti-competitive behaviour	p. 62
Competition law
Competition inquiry
Information gathering, hearings, and remedies
Liability
Tort 1: personal injury claim	p. 64
Tort
Client briefing notes - personal injury claims
Tort 2: clinical negligence	p. 66
Clinical negligence practice
Contract
Forming a contract 1	p. 68
Basic principles
Formation of a contract
Forming a contract 2	p. 70
Form of contract
Void or voidable or unenforceable contracts
Structure of a commercial contract	p. 72
Structure of a commercial contract
Express and implied terms	p. 74
Express terms
Implied terms
Exclusion, limitation and standard clauses	p. 76
Exclusion and limitation clauses
Standard clauses
Privity of contract, discharge, and remedies	p. 78
Privity of contract
Discharge of contract
Remedies for breach of contract
Standard terms in the sale and supply of goods	p. 80
Using standard terms
Incorporating terms
Licensing agreements and computer programs	p. 82
Licences and software products
Exclusion and limitation clauses
Commercial leases	p. 84
Interest in property
Terms of a commercial lease
Obtaining leasehold interest
Buying and selling commercial property	p. 86
Commercial-conveyancing
Sale by auction
Sale by private treaty
Employment law	p. 88
Employment law
Contract of employment
Intellectual Property
Copyright and patent	p. 90
Copyright
Patent
Trade marks, domain names, and remedies for IP infringement	p. 92
Trade marks and domain names
Remedies for IP infringement
Information Technology Law
Information technology law and cybercrime	p. 94
Computer security
Cybercrime
Data protection
Environmental Law
Environmental law	p. 96
International environmental law
National environmental law
Application of environmental law
Answer key	p. 98
Index	p. 113
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