Legal English: Conditionals: Giving advice to clients.
The 2nd Conditional and Giving Advice to clients.When suggesting a course of action for a client, it»s necessary to be very polite; because nobody likes being told what to do!! The correct use of the second conditional can be very useful for this. Examples: !) If I...
Employment contract terms and Informal equivalents.
When drawing up a contract (for example in employment law), it is accepted practise to use formal legal English terms. These expressions usually have an informal equivalent. For example: in lieu = instead eg…»the employee will receive pro-rata payments in lieu...
Legal English for Employment lawyers, Key clauses.
Key legal English employment law terminology when interviewing a candidate: pay and conditions: includes items like salary, flexible working, payments in kind (en especie), attendance bonus etc…. Notice Period: usually 1-3 months if deciding to leave the...
Legal English for emails and letters (2)A.
Communicating the imminent issue of legal proceedings: Unless payment is received within 14 days we will be forced to make a claim in the county/high court (In the UK the choice of court is dependant on the amount of the claim). Asking for an immediate response: We...
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