Inglés Jurídico LEGAL DRAFTING Advanced

1. Terms of art and “legalese” in legal English.
2. The MIT technology review: AI and the law.
3. Perfecting the language of law:
a. Collocation.
b. Prepositions.
c. Phrasal verbs.
4. The legal profession:
a. Qualifications and training.
b. Solicitors and barristers.
5. Perfecting the language of the law:
a. Articles (1)
b. Articles (2)
6. The English Common Law.
7. A precedent case: Hadley v Baxendale (1854).
8. Perfecting the language of the law:
a. Verb patterns (1)
b. Verb patterns (2)
9. An introduction to sole traders:
a. The reality of working as a sole trader.
10. Forms of credit:
a. An overdraft facility (1)
b. An overdraft facility (2)
11. Partnerships:
a. An introduction.
b. The Partnership Act.
c. Finances under the Act.
12. Forms of credit:
a. Personal loans and credit scores.
b. Residential mortgages.
13. The global financial crisis and RBS.
14. Partnerships:
a. Dispute case studies.
b. A partnership agreement.
c. The duty to act in good faith.
15. Contracts:
a. The language of dysfunction.
b. Commonly used legalese.
c. Sample contracts and deeds.
d. Why use a deed?
e. A pre-contractual NDA.
f. Clauses for an NDA.
g. Heads of terms.
h. Arcane vocabulary (1)
i. Arcane vocabulary (2)
16. Companies:
a. Types of company in the UK.
b. The memorandum of association.
c. The articles of association.
d. The model articles.
17. Contracts:
a. The structure of a commercial contract
b. Boilerplate clauses in contracts.
18. Companies:
a. The different types of director.
b. Non-exclusive directors.
c. The “proper purpose rule”.
19. Contracts:
a. The requirement of consideration.
b. Some leading cases on consideration.
20. Companies:
a. Directors’ duties examined
b. Shares and share capital.
21. Contracts:
a. Contractual warranties.
b. The importance of indemnity.
22. Public limited companies.
23. Limited liability partnerships.
24. Contracts:
a. Time is of the essence.
b. Force majeure and frustration.
c. Terminating for cause.
25. Companies:
a. Corporate manslaughter.
b. Corporate manslaughter cases.
c. Liability for nuisance.
26. A precedent case: Hunter v Canary Wharf Ltd (1997)
27. Defamation:
a. The Defamation Act and Libel Tourism