7. Which court? Law

Read the following examples and complete the sentences naming the offence or wrongdoing and the court that is likely to hear the case. Be ready to prove your point.

1. A driver is stopped by the police. A roadside breath test proves positive. He is charged with ...

The case will be heard at the ...

2. A couple have always had a tempestuous relationship. In one particularly ugly brawl the wife stabs her tormentor to death. She is charged with ...

The case will be heard at the ...

3. Two schoolchildren, aged 14, intentionally set fire to the school building. The fire causes fifty thousand pounds' worth of damage. They are charged with ...

The case will be heard at the ...

4. A man steals a pound of meat from a butcher's shop. He is charged with ...

The case will be heard at the ...

5. Two young men break into a pub at night and steal £800 from the vending and gaming machines. They are charged with ...

The case will be heard at the ...

6. A gang of youths attacks a woman while she is out jogging in a park. The woman is taken to hospital with serious injuries. They are charged with ...

The case will be heard at the ...

7. A psychopath stalks and kills a 15-year-old girl. He is charged with ...

The case will be heard at the ...

8. Because of financial difficulties a couple decide to sell their house for a price considerably lower than the market value. Contracts are exchanged with the buyer, but then they refuse to complete the sale arguing that the price is too low. The buyer decides to sue them for. ..

The case will be heard at the ...

9. A qualified engineer from Amsterdam is refused employment in Manchester because he is Dutch. He sues the company for ...

The case will be heard at the ...

8. The court system. Speaking

Use Fig. 4.1 to talk about the court system of England and Wales. Follow this plan: the court's place in the system, the matters heard, the judges. Link points with connecting words and phrases.

9. 'Evidence'.

The word 'evidence' is uncountable and therefore cannot be used in the plural or with an indefinite article. Write six sentences, set in a legal context, illustrating the correct use of this word. 'Evidence' collocates with the adjectives: 'strong', 'irrefutable', 'material', 'in/sufficient', 'direct', 'circumstantial'etc., and with the verbs: 'to discover', 'to conceal', 'to destroy', 'to give', 'to present', 'to produce', etc.

10. Common collocations.

a) The verbs below are all from Text 1. Write, from the text, nouns that collocate with them and translate them into your own language. Some of the verbs go with more than one noun.

Verb Noun/s Verb Noun/s

to settle	a dispute	to overrule
to exercise		to amend
to hear		to retain
to commit		to overturn
to try		to challenge
to hold		to allow
to consider		to dismiss
to discharge		to quash
to merit		to reduce
to preside at/over		to review

b) Choose six 'verb + noun' pairs from above and write sentences to illustrate their meaning in legal contexts.