Exam 7: What to Avoid

These contracts are commercial undertakings entered into by sophisticated businessmen.

John drafted the contract for the client during the meeting itself and he then read through it carefully.

The goods shall be inspected by the purchaser as soon as they are delivered to him.

Ms Jane Smith is the current chairman of the Warehouseman's Social Club.

This legal principle derives solely from common law, and is therefore unstatutory.

The landlord sought to ___ antisocial behaviour by the tenants. (kerb/curb)

There were less people in the public gallery on the second day of the trial than there had been on the first.

A judge should meet his responsibility to avoid any suspicion of bias in his judgment.

There were three defendants in court, all of who were charged with serious offences.

You are right and I am wrong, as you usually are.

The judge is entitled to send you to prison for this offence, and it is quite likely that she can do so.

In accordance with the witness, the accused was not in the area when the crime was committed.

No man is entitled to enter these premises unless he shows a valid entry pass to the guard on duty.

Do not go into that muddy field full of farmers without the proper footwear.

A lawyer knows better than the layman that knowledge of where to find the law is at least as useful as knowledge of specific legal provisions.

The distributor hereby undertakes that upon termination of this contract he will return to the Company all confidential papers.

If a student cannot write competently, he cannot expect to make a good lawyer in the future.

It is an important legal ___ that where a material term of a contract is breached, the aggrieved party is entitled to redress. (principle/principal)

The witness alleged that the defendant was the man what she saw outside the building that night.

We implied from the judge's words that she did not believe the evidence given by the witness.