LEGAL ENGLISH

The Legal & Business English
Training Program - Future in Business®

Instructions

• Test – Can you follow instructions?
• Importance of instructions

Introduction to basic structures of Legal & Business English

• The “basics” – do vs. be
• Conditionals (could – would – might)
• Connectors (relative clauses – tag questions)

Contracts and legal documents

• What is a contract? Set of instructions
• Offer and acceptance
• Enforceability
• MOU – Memorandum of Understanding / Letter of Intent (LOI)
• SPA – Stock Purchase Agreement - Indemnity

Drafting contracts, legal documents

• Principles of drafting
• Rules of drafting - directives
• Proofreading
• Use of definitions
• Common errors when drafting
• Drafting an absurd / redundant expressions
• Exercises in drafting
• Style of presentations and drafting
• Tips for negotiation and drafting documents

Methodology

• Importance of use and application of methodology
• Design of methodology for reaching decisions and drafting agreements
• Exercises in teamwork – reaching a team methodology
• Design of methodology for reaching team decisions

Dealing with problems - conflicts

• Introduction to conflict management
• Possibility vs. probability
• Intention vs. reality
• Classification of problems.
• Disputes (Nature of the dispute, parties to the dispute)
• Principles of conflict resolution