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eligible for jury service. Judges, magistrates, barristers and solicitors are not eligible for jury service, nor are priests, people
who are on bail, and people suffering from mental illness. People who are excused jury service include members of the
armed forces, Members of Parliament and doctors. Potential jurors can be challenged if one of the parties to the case
thinks they are or may be biased.
* The Lord Chancellor is the member of the British government and of the cabinet who is responsible for the administration
of justice and the appointment of judges in England and Wales. At the time this book was published, the role of Lord
Chancellor was to be abolished and his / her role assumed by the Secretary of State for Constitutional affairs.
** Note that in the USA, state judges can be appointed by the state governor or can be elected; in the federal courts and
the Supreme Court, judges are appointed by the President, but the appointment has to be approved by Congress.
Privacy and data protection (page 51)
1. compliy = comply, practise = practice (practise is a verb), principals = principles 2. proccesed = processed, acurrate =
accurate, relavant = relevant, secureity = security 3. infermation = information, supject = subject, acess = access
4. agencys = agencies 5. procesed = processed, unjustifried = unjustified, damaging = damage, destress = distress
6. detales = details, markit = market, ideals = ideas 7. decisive = decision (decisive is the adjective), effect = affect (effect
is a noun), present = prevent 8. unaccurate = inaccurate, ammended = amended 9. clam = claim, condensation =
compensation 10. preceedings = proceedings, sollution = solution
Property (pages 52 – 53)
Exercise 1:
1. freehold 2. leasehold is property which is held for a fixed period of time on the basis of a lease, but freehold is property
held for an unlimited time 3. True 4. tenant 5. a realtor 6. False: it is conveyancing
7. The title deeds show who
owns the property: you will need them if there are any disputes over who owns it, or when you need to sell the house. If
you buy a house with a mortgage, the mortgage lender holds the title deeds until you have repaid the money you owe
8. Probably a fixed-rate mortgage, as the interest you pay on the mortgage will not increase with the national rate (for a
fixed period of time, at least) 9. foreclosure 10. (c) Joint tenancy means that the people who bought the house jointly
own the entire property. Compare this with tenants-in-common, where each person owns a share in the property
depending on how much each spent on it 11. (c) 12. She would be very unhappy: somebody else has offered a higher
price for the house and the seller has accepted that offer 13. encumbrance 14. stamp duty
Exercise 2: Here is the completed text:
1. You make an offer on the asking price (the price that the seller is asking for the house), which is accepted by the seller.
2. You appoint a solicitor to help you make your purchase.
3. You solicitor receives confirmation of your accepted offer, and also any necessary details from the estate agent.
4. The seller's solicitor sends your solicitor a draft contract. This is checked to make sure there are no unusual clauses. 
5. At the same time, the seller's solicitor sends your solicitor the seller's title deed. This is carefully checked for any
restrictions that might apply to ownership of the property. At the same time, the seller should make your solicitor aware of
any problems with the property (for example, disputes with his / her neighbours, any approved or unapproved alterations
that he / she has made to the property, relevant information on boundaries adjoining other properties and public land,