Reading for General Understanding. 8.6.1 Check the comprehension of the texts "The Civil Law" and "Civil Courts

8.6.1 Check the comprehension of the texts "The Civil Law" and "Civil Courts. England and Wales" by listening to each question and choosing the answer, which you think, is correct.

1. Family law, the law of property, the law of contract and the law of torts are the main sub-divisions of the civil law of England, Wales and North­ern Ireland.

a) it is mainly true, except for the law of contract;

b) family law is not one of the main sub-divisions of the Civil Law in Northern Ireland;

c) yes, it is absolutely true.

2. There are other branches of the civil law, which include constitutional and administrative, industrial, maritime and ecclesiastical law.

a) constitutional and administrative matters are not supposed to be considered by the civil law in England;

b) yes, it is true, the above-mentioned branches of law are under the jurisdiction of the civil law;

c) ecclesiastical law is not under the jurisdiction of the civil law.

3. Scottish civil law has its own, often analogous, branches.

a) Scottish civil law does not differ from the civil law of England;

b) it is absolutely true, but there are some national peculiarities;

c) Scottish civil law is analogous to that of France.

4. The courts have jurisdiction regarding nuisances under the public health legislation.

a) there is no public health legislation in England due to which the civil courts do not have such powers;

b) these are the criminal courts that regard nuisances under the public health legislation;

c) yes, the civil courts do have such powers and have jurisdiction re­garding the recovery of rates.

5. The jurisdiction of the county courts covers actions founded upon contract and tort; trust and mortgage cases.

a) mortgage cases are under the jurisdiction of criminal courts;

b) actions founded upon contract may be regarded by both civil courts and criminal courts;

c) this statement is correct, in addition the recovery of land is under the jurisdiction of the county courts.

6. Other matters dealt with by the county courts include hire purchase, the' Rent Acts, landlord and tenant, and adoption cases.

a)adoption cases cannot be regarded by the county courts, they are under the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court;

b) yes, it is true, besides the county courts regard the cases on divorce, complaints of race and sex discrimination;

c) the Rent Acts are under the jurisdiction of criminal courts.

7. All judges of the Supreme Court and all circuit judges have power to sit in the county courts.

a) it is not quite so, not all circuit judges have power to sit in the coun­ty courts;

b) the judges of the Court of Appeal have no power to sit in the county courts either;

c) yes, it is absolutely true, and in addition recorders have also power to sit in the county courts, but each court has one or more circuit judges, assigned to it by the Lord Chancellor, and the regular sit­tings of the court are mostly taken by them.

8. The High Court of Justice is divided into divisions.

a) yes, it is true and it includes the Chancery Division, the Queen's Bench Division and the Family Division;

b) the High Court of Justice does not have any divisions;

c) the high Court of Justice is divided into the Chancery Division and the Family Division and what is most interesting the High Court of Justice cannot be original.

9. The Chancery Division deals with the interpretation of wills and the ad­ministration of estates.

a) the Chancery Division deals only with the administration of estates;

b) the Chancery Division deals with the administration of estates and the matters of bankruptcies;

c) it is really true.

10. Maritime and commercial law is the responsibility of admiralty and commercial courts of the Queen's Bench Division.

a) the Queen's Bench Division mainly deals with adoption cases and guardianship and with all jurisdiction, affecting the family;

b) the Queen's Bench Division deals with the interpretation of wills;

c) yes, maritime and commercial law are under the jurisdiction of ad­miralty and commercial courts of this division.

11. Appeals in civil matters from lower courts are heard by courts of two (or sometimes three) judges.

a) yes, it is true and it may be added, that there may be single judges of the appropriate division, nominated by the Lord Chancellor;

b) appeals in these cases are heard by courts of five judges;

c) appeals from lower courts are heard by courts of only single judges.

8.6.2 Pick out from the texts "The Civil Law" and "Civil Courts. England and Wales" all the word combinations with the following words (terms) and give their Ukrainian equivalents.

- family - contract

- law - recovery

- branch - division

- judge - to sit (v), sittings (n)

- court - adoption