TERMINOLOGY
• Business & Legal terms (brief sample texts, terminology in context, collocations - practice)
• Contract language - definitions and usage
• Usa of "shall" in contracts. Verbs in contract language.
• Most important Latin expressions usend in Business & Legal English
• Review of points 1 - 4 by class practice, quiz. Business & Legal English.
LEGAL SYSTEMS - FRAMEWORK FOR CONTRACT WRITING
• Common Law vs. Civil Law Introduction (legal systems in Europe and America)
• Commercial Law (Introduction and Basic concepts, terminology)
• Review of legal systems related to contract writing
READING AND UNDERSTANDING CONTRACTS
• Sample contract reading No. 1
a) comprehension check: the main points
b) comprehension check: the details
c) "translating" selected passages into everyday English, replacing legal terms by their English definitions
d) "translating" selected passages from everyday English into Legal English
• Sample contract reading No. 2
• Review - by filling in gaps in a sample ontract; application of the language skills acquired
CHECK TEST (summarizing the material covered during the day)
BUSINESS LAWYERS
• Different kinds of lawyers in Britain, in Europe - their roles and related vocabulary
• Different kinds of lawyers in USA, Canada - their roles and related vocabulary
• A brief description of Branches of the Law
• Review - compare these types of lawyers with those in your country
CONTRACT WRITING
• The Essential Elements of Branches of the Law
• Types of Contracts
a) Express and Implied Contracts
b) Valid, Void, Voidable and Unenforceble Contracts
c) Other types
• Parties to a Contract
• Review: Sample contract / model situation - class divided into two groups negotiating and making a contract
DISCHARGE AND BREACH OF A CONTRACT
• Discharge of a Contract
a) by performance
b) by agreement
c) by frustration
d) by reformation of the contract
e) substituted agreement
f) novation
• Breach of a Contract
g) remedies for breach of contract
h) damages
i) mitigation of damages
j) liquidated damages
• Review: Model Situation - one of the parties to the contract in Part B/4 breaks the contract. What options are there? Which of the above situations apply?
SUMMARY
• Terminology review - interactive
• The Golden Rules of Contract Writing
• Course Highlights
• Conclusion
2190€
till February 12, 2025