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1、TOLESHIGHEREXAMINATIONTestofLegalEnglishSkills–knowledgeanduseoflegalvocabularyPaper2-ListeningTextSampleTOLESHigherexaminationpaper.©2007GlobalLegalEnglishLtd.RegisteredinEngland.Companyno.4101343.11BeltonStreet,Stamford,PE92EF,UKSECTION1Lawyer:HelloMrsWatson,Pau
2、lGreenehere.Thankyouforwaiting.Iwasheldupontheotherlineforaminuteortwo.HowcanIhelpyou?Client:HelloMrGreene.I’mthinkingofgoingintoanewbusinesspartnershipwithafriendofmineandyouwererecommendedtomebyaworkcolleagueasagoodsourceofadvice.Lawyer:Absolutely.Isuggestthatyo
3、uandyourprospectivepartnercomeinforachatandwe’llgetthingsstartedforyou.Whatkindofbusinessisit?Client:Well,we’resettingupastrainers,youknow,workingwithcompaniestohelpthemworkmoreefficiently-thatkindofthing.Lawyer:Yes,Iknowthetypeofthingyoumean.Thepartnershadateam-b
4、uildingdaylastyearintheLakeDistrictandIthinkwepaidquitealottothecompanywhoorganisedit.I’mabitdoubtfulaboutwhatIgotoutofitbutImustsayIenjoyedthatdayoutoftheoffice!Beforeyoucometoseemethough,thereareoneortwoverypracticalmatterstothinkabout.Perhapsyoucoulddiscussafew
5、thingswithyourpartnerbeforeyoucallin.Client:Well,she’sonthetraintoBirminghamatthemomenttospeaktoourfirstpotentialclients.She’sabitdifficulttogetholdof,butIcouldtexther.Whatkindofthingwillyouneedtoknow?Lawyer:Well,allthebasics,sothatwecandrawupapartnershipagreement
6、foryou.Forexample,willyoubeopeningabankaccount,andifso,whatinstructionsdoyouwanttogivetothebankaboutwithdrawals,andthatkindofthing?Willyourequirebothsignaturesorwillyoubehappywithone?Client:Isee.Ihadn’treallythoughtaboutthat.We’vebeensobusysettingupourwebsitewehav
7、en’treallylookedattheorganisationalsideofthings.Lawyer:That’sthekindofthingthatcanleadtoadisputeifit’snotsortedoutinadvanceI’mafraid.IfIwereyouI’derronthesideofcautionandinsistonbothsignatures.Also,howmuchcapitaliseachofyouputtingintothebusiness?Client:We’veborrow
8、edfrommypartner’sfather.Eightandahalfthousandpounds.Lawyer:Doesheexpectinterestonthatwhenyourepayit?Andwhendoesheexpecttogetitback?Andyoudoknowthatyou’r