Vocabulary:
Independence
Base (concrete) ¹ basis
(abstract) ê the
plural form in both cases is: bases
The legal basis / the base of the bed
To rise (intransitif): For example E. Hemingway’s
novel “The Sun Also Rises”
To raise (transifif): to raise a defence
To claim ¹ to
pretend
Previous (adj.) ¹ A
Precedent (n.)
Dans la mesure où: insofar as…
Allege / alleged / allegedly
Statue ¹
Status ¹ Statute
Les dispositions de la loi: the provisions of
the statute
To lay down: the
act lays down that / to lay down a rule
To set out:
(presenter / exposer): the information is set out in the table below
THE UK and THE EU BUT UK Law / EU Law
Jurisdiction:
To have
jurisdiction over certain matters =
to be competent to hear certain claims
A jurisdiction is a territory where a legal system
applies
To bind
lower courts: the Court of appeal’s precedent binds lower courts / is binding
on lower courts.
To bind (bound, bound) ê to be
bound.
(The contract binds
the parties / The contract is binding on
the parties)
Address: to address an issue
High-profile cases
To complain (v.) / A complaint (n.)
To exhaust all possibilities of appeal
The court of last resort
To obtain redress
Prévoir: to foresee (anticipate)
Etre chargé de: To
be in charge of + V-ing
To be on an equal footing with / to be on a par with
(être au meme niveau que…)
Prior to = before
Current ¹ actual
In the case at hand / in the instant
case
Cases lie from the Crown Court to
the Court of Appeal
To take a case to court / to make a
claim / to assert a claim in tort
To bring a case before the Court of appeal (NOT in front of)
Scope: this falls
within the scope of the law
Surrogacy:
Expense ¹ expenses
To cover / pay for the expenses incurred during the
pregnancy
To meet someone’s needs / to provide for someone’s
needs
To give full effect to surrogacy
A complex situation can arise / to give rise
to complex situation. (The Human Fertilization and Embryology Act 2008 gave
rise to problematic situations)
Legislation: further legislation is required
The Child’s welfare
To give up the child for adoption
To give up the child for adoption
Surrogate / surrogacy
Faire appel à: to
have recourse to surrogacy (also: “to resort to a surrogate mother” but
“resort” has a negative connotation)
To make a profit ¹ to
benefit from ¹ to
take advantage of
Un tiers: a third party
Nouveau-né: a
newborn (n.) / a newborn child (adj.)
Etre en âge de: to be of age ¹ to be
under age
Family Law:
“Reservé à”: Civil partnership is only available to
/ only open to / (only limited to)
To conclude a pre-nuptial agreement / to enter into a
pre-nuptial agreement.
Two years’ separation
Discrimination:
Discrimination is uncountable
Information is
uncountable
To benefit of the same rights as / to enjoy the same
rights as…
To put someone with a protected characteristic at a disadvantage
To get fired / sacked / to be given the sack (inf.) = to be dismissed (to be given
one’s cards) / to be made redundant (eco.)
Contract law:
A bilateral contract, a unilateral contract
Grammar:
Prepositions:
To set limits on something
To impose something on someone
In comparison with
As opposed to
Divided into 3 divisions: / Divide ¹ devise
The High Court is composed of 3 divisions…
Syntax:
To give something to
someone / to give someone something
Whereas / Unlike:
Ø Whereas
+ Groupe verbal
Ø Unlike
+ Groupe nominal
Before + v-ing /
After + v-ing / Instead of + v-ing
Contribute to +
V-ing
To make someone
do something = To have someone do something
= To get someone to do something.
The only one of these structures to have a passive form is “to make someone
do something”. It becomes: to be made to so
something
Sequence of
tenses:
If + Present ê
Future
If + Preterit ê
Present Conditional (If I had …. I would)
If + Past Perfect ê Past
Conditional
