VI. Прочтите 2-й и 3-й абзацы текста и данный вопрос к ним. Из приведенных вариантов ответа укажите номер пред­ложения, содержащего правильный ответ на поставленный вопрос.

In what role are solicitors more familiar to the public?

1.... as a professional advocate.

2.... as a general legal adviser.

3.... as a Queen's Council

Вариант 3

1. Перепишите предложения, подчеркните Participle I, II: установите функции каждого из них,

т.е. укажите, будет ли оно определением, обстоятельством или составной частью глагола-

сказуемого. Предложения переведите.

1. Giving evidence the person stood in the dock.

2. Magistrates are chosen from well-respected people in the local community.

3. The solicitor has prepared the defence case.

4.The most minor crimes are known as summary offences.

5. Most practising barristers earn their living presenting civil and criminal cases in the court.

2. Письменно переведите предложения, определите в каж­дом из них видовременную

форму и залог глагола-сказуемого.

1. Justice is administered on the basis of the equality of all citi­zens before the law.

2. The police were being assisted by many good citizens while that crime was being investigated.

3. In fighting crimes which have been committed by juveniles the existing legislation solves the question of criminal-responsibility.

4. The investigation of this criminal case will have been finished by the end of this month.

3. Письменно переведите предложения, обращая внима­ние на перевод инфинитива и герундия.

1. The first person to arrive at the crime scene is usually an in­spector of the Criminal Investigation Department.

2. He wants to become a lawyer.

3. This article was published to draw attention of many people.

4. To prove all the facts those for and against the accused is the task of an investigator.

5. The main task of our Militia is the task of protecting Society against criminality.

IV. Письменно переведите предложения, обращая внимание на правила согласования времен.

1. The speaker pointed out that there were two reasons of juvenile delinquency.

2. We were told that his brother had graduated from our academy.

3. Mr. Smith wrote that he would come in a day.

4. The speaker was asked if there was capital punishment in Russia.

V. Прочтите и переведите текст.

Solicitors at Work

Solicitors are to be the first line of communication between the public and the law.

Traditionally solicitors serve the interests of those wishing to buy or sell rights of property. About half of most solicitors income comes from conveyancing - that is from the legal work relating to the buying and selling of houses, flats afid commercial properties.

Apart from conveyancing services solicitors derive another twen­ty per cent of their income from probate cases. That is, they are able to act in the preparation of wills and later in the submission of the neces­sary papers to the courts to enable the executors3 (appointed under the will) to obtain a grant of probate and to have the right to act in dealing with the estate of the deceased person.

Other services (advisory, litigious and negotiating with other par­ties) traditionally can also be regarded as a sours of a solicitor's income, but not a major one.

The first thing that the solisitor must do is to understand the cli­ent's problem and to see what steps can and must be taken immediately and in the longer term to protect the client's interest. This requires the display of variety of skills - to listen to the client, to read and under­stand a set of documents, whether correspondence or contracts. The solisitor must be able to obtain and check the facts of a case, when it is prepared to be Heard in the court.

Medium and small-sized firms of solicitors primarily deal with private clients. There is also a small number of a very large firms mainly congregated in the City of London or in other central London districts. Such firms may have over sixty partners with a total staff of over one thousand. Such firms serve almost exclusively commercial and bank­ing clients. They provide an excellent service employing only the best educated lawyers and make full use of modern technology - computers, word-processors, - facsimile communication devices. They rarely act for individuals and they charge fees for each hour of work done.

Notes:

conveyancing - составление нотариальных актов по сделкам с недвижимостью;

probate - доказывание (и утверждение) завещания;

an executor - исполнитель завещания;

a grant of probate - документ об утверждении завещания;

litigious - подлежащий судебному разбирательству;

word-processor - система подготовки текстов, т.е. программ­ные средства (иногда на базе специализированной ЭВМ), обеспе­чивающие ввод, хранение, просмотр, редактирование, форматиро­вание и печать текстов.