VII. Put the verbs in brackets into the Future Perfect Simple. Translate the sentences.

1. The barrister (to negotiate) the settlement before the trial starts.

2. The junior barrister (to finish) drafting legal documents by 9 o’clock in the morning.

3. The legal firm (to fulfill) its obligations by the end of the year.

4. By the end of the month an experienced lawyer (to prepare) the case for court.

5. By this time next year I (to graduate) from law school.

6. A solicitor (to get) through the greater part of the work before his client comes.

VIII. Study the examples. Which sentences include the Present Perfect Continuous Tense? Translate the sentences.

1. We have been listening to the witnesses for three hours.

2. A man has been waiting for the judge for two hours.

3. He has spent 12 months in pupillage.

4. I have received a provisional practising certificate ssued by the Bar Council.

5. The student has joined one of the Inns of Court and passed the bar vocational course (BVC).

6. A young barrister has been talking to the expert since 8 o’clock in the morning.

IX. Choose the correct verb form.

1. I have been studying / studied law since 1990.

2. How long have you been practicing / do you practice as a lawyer?

3. Law companies use / have been using computers to store clients’ cases for ten years.

4. We’ve been doing / have done business with them for over thirty years now.

5. A client has made / has been making a complaint about one of our lawyers.

6. A barrister has been negotiating / has negotiated the settlement since the morning.

7. The State Registration Act has been introduced / introducing into Ukrainian law.

8. The legal team of Arzinger & Partners has been dealing / dealt with debt collecting litigations for five years.

X. Insert the Past Perfect Continuous. Translate the sentences.

1. We __________ for an hour when she began talking (to wait).

2. When I came down to London to work in the company, my brother ________ there already for five years. (to work)

3. He __________ about half an hour, when he saw his client coming along the path. (to walk)

4. He ____________already the case with his assistant for three hours, when the telephone rang. (to discuss)

5. I saw that it was 2 o’clock. We _________ there an hour and a half. (to sit)

6. The gown and the wig he _________ was, lying across the chair. (to wear)

7. I _____________ in the province when the telegram came. (to travel)

8. Mr. Brown noticed that she ________, her face was stained with tears. (to cry)

9. He heard she _________ something to the judge. (to say)

10. He turned off the electric light. It __________ all night. (to burn)

XI. Fill in the blanks with ‘must’, ‘may’ or ‘can’.

1. All attorneys _______ pass the bar examination to be admitted to general practice.

2. In certain areas (but not crime or conveyancing), barristers _______ now accept instructions from a client directly.

3. Prospective barristers _________ first complete the academic stage of their legal education by obtaining a qualifying law degree.

4. Those who wish to become a practising barrister _______ first obtain a 'pupilage'.

5. Upon completion of pupillage, you ________ apply for tenancy and become a junior barrister in chambers.

6. Barristers in turn _________ now be directly instructed by certain organizations such as trade unions, accountants and similar groups.

7. A solicitor’s firm ___________ vary from a large organization with hundreds of partners, thousands of employees and offices all over the world, to a small firm above a shop in local high street.

8. Theoretically free to work as and when they please, barristers ________ be available to take work as it comes in.

9. A barrister ________ have little opportunity to develop any relationship with the client.

10. Although a number of barristers __________ make up any particular "set" of chambers, they are prohibited from incorporating or joining together as partners, and each acts as a sole practitioner.