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		<title>Law Listening 3: Breaking News English</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As we&#8217;ve said before, the only way to improve your listening skill is to listen to more English. Many of you have .mp3 players (iPods, etc.). Instead of listening to music, try some English. Several postings have already pointed to places to download law-related material, some of it long and of interest only to specialists. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Completely Useless Legal Facts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The words &#8220;insane&#8221; and &#8220;insanity&#8221; are not recognized medical terms but rather legal ones. The Latin term &#8220;et al.&#8221; is an abbreviation of &#8220;et alii&#8221; in its plurl form (meaning &#8220;and others&#8221;) and &#8220;et alius&#8221; in its singular form (meaning &#8220;and another&#8221;). Unlike B.C. (before Christ) the abbreviation A.D. (Anno Domini, &#8220;Year of Our Lord,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obscure Phrases Used in Business Contracts &#8211; Exercise 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This series of posts will look at the obscure phrases commonly used in British or American commercial contracts and are based on the drafting standards of these jurisdictions. When working with contracts in English, it is critical that we use these fixed phrases correctly. This exercise gives you the opportunity to practice the phrases which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.legalenglishhelp.com/archives/326/obscure-phrases-used-in-business-contracts-exercise-1/</link>
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		<title>A modern-day &#8216;Donoghue v Stevenson&#8217;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Complete the text using the verbs in the table in the correct form. suffer suffer develop claim fail affect state sue award supply Every English law student will be familiar with the famous case of Donoghue v Stevenson. On August 26, 1928, Mrs May Donoghue sat in the Wellmeadow Café in Paisley and drank a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legal Phrasal Verbs 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This series of posts is designed to attempt to introduce some phrasal verbs which commonly appear in the legal context. Phrasal verbs consist of a verb together with an adverb or a preposition. The problem is that the verbs may have an ordinary meaning on its own which changes with the addition of the adverb [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Law Listening 2: Intellectual Property</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Listening is a difficult skill, which is made more difficult by the fact that you can’t learn listening from a book! We can only improve our listening by listening. It’s a good idea to start a habit of listening/watching English programmes or films. We will regularly introduce good legal audio/video material at Legal English Help. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legal Prepositions 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Prepositions are difficult because essentially there are often no rules to guide us. We must simply try to remember which preposition to use with which words. This series of posts attempts to introduce prepositions in common usage in the legal context. Complete the sentences with the correct preposition: into             by             on             against             for 1) After [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.legalenglishhelp.com/archives/293/legal-prepositions-2/</link>
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		<title>Obscure Phrases Used in Business Contracts 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This series of posts will look at the obscure phrases commonly used in British or American commercial contracts and are based on the drafting standards of these jurisdictions. When working with contracts in English, it is critical that we use these fixed phrases correctly. Prior written consent. Written authorisation obtained beforehand. In lieu of. Instead [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.legalenglishhelp.com/archives/276/obscure-phrases-used-in-business-contracts-2/</link>
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		<title>Law Listening: Pirates of Somalia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Listening is a difficult skill, which is made more difficult by the fact that you can&#8217;t learn listening from a book! We can only improve our listening by listening. It&#8217;s a good idea to start a habit of listening/watching English programmes or films. We will regularly introduce good legal audio/video material at Legal English Help. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.legalenglishhelp.com/archives/273/law-listening-pirates-of-somalia/</link>
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		<title>Crazy World of Law</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are some of the crazier laws from around the world! 1)      In US state of Alabama, it is illegal to drive a vehicle while blindfolded. 2)      In US state of Ohio, it is against the law to get a fish drunk. 3)      In London, it is illegal to try to stop a taxi if [...]]]></description>
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