Exam 7: What to Avoid

The company is completely ___ in making further purchases of commercial property at this time. (disinterested/uninterested)

The statute ___ the use of dangerous chemeicals near residential areas. (Prescribes/proscribes)

Mary can be relied upon to be ___. (discrete/discreet)

When commencing court proceedings, the lawyer must ensure that his client has been fully advised about the risks of litigation. In particular, he must give the client a realistic estimate of the likely costs.

The company, that was based in Birmingham, became insolvent due to the managing director's fraudulent dealings.

The defendant was shown to have lied to almost everyone - specially his lawyer.

Even if the company sells the product, if it does not usually sell this particular product in the usual course of business it may not be held liable.

If a client does not pay his bills, he cannot expect the laywer to carry out further work for him.

We ___ the services offered by the company. (apprised/appraised)

We were asked not to carry out any further work for clients whose previous invoices had not been paid by our senior partner.

The crowd gradually ___. (diffused/defused)

Paragraph 3 should be ___. (Omitted/emitted)

No drilling work shall be carried out on this land within 50 metres of any residence currently situated on said land without the lessor's consent.

She opened the door to a plumber wearing pink pyjamas.

The accused claimed that he did not break into the house - he said that the door was non-locked, and he merely pushed it open and wandered in.

Sara dropped a hammer on her foot, but as it was a rubber one she suffered no injury.

Please refer to the ___ lease. (draught/draft)

The causation of the legal temperament, as well as the desire for certainty historically has accounted for the slow pace of change in the law.

We believe that it is an ___ agreement for all the parties. (equable/equitable)

This lawyer said the client is the best trial advocate he had ever had working on one of his cases.