LegalEnglish 2016

CURSO ESPECIALIZADO
Legal english
Board of Governors
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SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM
Mr. Jorge Pinto Sala
Director of the Senior Management Team
Mr. Juan Jose Sanchez Puig
Executive Director
Mr. Manuel Garayo de Orbe
Secretary of the Senior Management Team.
Public prosecutor
Mr. Rafael Abadia Jordana
Member of the Senior Management Team.
Lawyer
Mr. Vicente Sierra Rocafort
Member of the Senior Management Team.
Lawyer
Mr. Jorge Pinto Sala
Director of the Senior Management Team
ACADEMIC BOARD
Sr. D. Pablo Paisán Ruiz
Abogado
Prof. Dra. Dña. Alegría Borrás
Catedrático Derecho Internacional Privado
Sr. D. Gianpaolo Monteneri
Abogado
Sr. D. David Jiménez Mouriz
Asesor Fiscal. Abogado
Mr. Juan Jose Sanchez Puig
Director
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Message from the director of ISDE
Mr. Juan José Sánchez Puig
ISDE’s educational philosophy is to always keep the students as the focus of the institution’s attention. All the
effor ts are put on helping students to develop their skills to become Masters in the field of their study.
The par tnership of the main actors of the legal and professional world together with our well known educational
case-based method, the close personal treatment of our teaching and coordinating staff and ever y human and
technological resource available, are aimed to satisfy the students’ academic expectations, so that they can
achieve the most of their time and effor t invested.
The goal accomplished through all of these years is that our students do not only get the most up to date knowledge, but
also a personal and professional change from which they can build a new and successful career.
The combination between ISDE and its students’ efforts has made us seeing, with pride, how those who have put on our hands
their professional training are now achieving their goals and reaching the positions of responsibility that they have been prepared for, in different national and international law firms and institutions.
The leading position hold by ISDE, which is recognized by independent rankings, has been reached thanks to the spirit and
the methods used, as well as a constant updating of the teaching methodology and the resources available.
The achievement of these goals throughout the past years reinforces our main objective, ‘the success of ISDE’s
students’
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Introduction and who is this course aimed at?
Introduction
This course is aimed at fulfilling the requirements of professionals in the area of law and law students to incorporate English and an understanding of the Anglo legal systems into their areas of work. Lawyers are increasingly coming into contact with professionals from other countries, which often makes it necessary to work with all types of legal documents in
English and to use English as a form of written and spoken communication in the specialized area of law.
The objective of the legal English course is to acquire the basic foundations necessary to carry out work in English and to
also gain insight into and an understanding of the English and American legal systems.
Students shall have the opportunity to use articles from the press, specific vocabulary exercises, different types of contract
models and case studies in order to help them achieve a better understanding of vocabulary and use of legal concepts and
expressions that they may come across in a legal environment.
Who is this course aimed at?
The Legal English Course is mainly aimed at those who have a law degree and professionals in the field of law in general
and that require or are interested in gaining a better understanding of the English legal systems and to dominate the terms
and expressions used most frequently in practise.
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Objective
The objective of the present programme it to essentially offer an in-depth look into the English legal system and thereby allow the student to become aware of the crucial differences between it and the Spanish legal system.
Secondly, the course shall permit students to acquire a solid legal vocabulary base via the exercises carried out and different materials used as well as to have model documents that will be applicable during the course of professional tasks.
Finally, the fact that the course is given in English necessarily implies that students shall have to carry out tasks and
communicate with the teacher in English, which in turn will be of aid to them to acquire fluency in their written communication, as well as to take on vocabulary and expressions at a steady pace throughout the whole course.
Methodology and Structure
ISDE’s Online method has proved to be the most effective for our students to learn the different topics, as the resolution of real cases immediately follows the theoretical parts. This way the theory is not forgotten after the exams as it
has come to be part of the student’s skills.
The students will be provided with up to date teaching materials to study and will be making tests that will help to
identify the key parts of the different matters.
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Academic programme
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1. INTRODUCTION
• Introduction to the English Legal System
• Qualification Process for lawyers in the UK
• Criminal Law Burder od Proof: " Beyond a Reasonable Doubt"
• Criminal Procedure Part I - Police Powers
• Criminal Procedure Part II
• Criminal Procedure Part III - The Crown Court
• Criminal Procedure Part IV - U S Criminal Procedure
• Civil Law Part I - Prior to Trial
• Civil Law Part II - The Small Claims Procedure
• Civil Procedure Part III - Fast Track and Multi Track Claims
• Civil Procedure Part IV -Enforcement Matters
2. DIVORCE, EMPLOYMENT, LAND AND TORT LAW – AN OVERVIEW
• Divorce Procedure Part I
• Prenuptial and Post-nuptial Agreements
• Divorce Procedure Part III - Ancillary Relief
• Employment Law Part I - The Equality Act 2010 Key Elements
• Employment Law Part II - Unfair Dismissal
• Employment Law Part III - TUPE and Cross Border Issues in UK Employment Law
• Employment Law Part IV - Key Elements of a Contract of Employment
• Land Law Part I - Key Elements of UK Land Law
• Land Law Part II - A Conveyancing Transaction
• Land Law Part II - Land Registry Form - Property Transfer Deed
• TortLaw Part I - Negligence
• Tort Law Part II - Product Liability and Occupier's Liability - to send
3. CONTRACT LAW
• Contract – Intention, Offer and Acceptance
• Contract – Consideration
• Contract Law Part III- Capacity
• Void and voidable contract - Misrepresentation
• Contract - Void or voidable contract: Duress and undue influence
• What constitutes a breach of contract
• Contracts Part - Remedies for Breach of Contract
• Contracts Part VIII- Legalese vs plain English
• Contracts Part IX- Contract terminology
• Contracts Part X - Terms of a Contract
• Contracts Part XI - Negotiating a Contract - Key Issues
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4. COMPANY LAW
• Contract Company Structures - Sole Trader and Partnerships
• Company Structures - Limited Liability Companies
• Company Structures - Key Provisions of CA 2006
• Company Officers and Liabilities
• Meetings
• Shareholder Protection
• Insider dealing
• Corporate Manslaughter and Homicide
• Liquidation this one
• Liquidation II
• Company Law and the future from an EU perspective
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Program Director
Dª Diane Stephenson
• IUniversadad del Pompue Fabra - 2001-2003
Two academic years of Doctorate Programme (Masters in Law,
speciality: International Studies)
The introductory two years of the law doctorate programme
was an interdisciplinary master’s programme which covered international law from an historic, economic and political perspective.
The College of Law, York (U.K), 1990-1991
Legal Practice Course
South Bank University, London, 1986-1989 LLB Law Degree –
Class 2.1.
Third Year Options: Company Law, EEC Law, Human Rights Law
Complementary:
TEFL Certificate, August 1996 International House, Barcelona
TEACHING EXPERIENCE 1991- PRESENT
• Project Management, Logistics & Accounts Manager
Marco Polo Trade & Marketing 2006-2008 (part-time)
Marco Polo is an innovative company that applies computer
technology to the work environment, thereby allowing employees to work from home. I controlled the reception of orders
and follow-up for the distribution of products to the main food
chain stores throughout Spain. I also monitored the importation
of products and their subsequent delivery to designated warehouses throughout the country.
Paellador 2004-2005
Project Manager: Covering all areas of the setting-up of the project: financial, legal, construction, administrative, meetings with
the public administration.
• Teaching: 1991-2014
Teacher of English as a foreign language to young learners, adolescents and business executives. I have also taught First Certificate, Advanced English and Proficiency English, throughout this
period as well as being an oral examiner for the Cambridge
First Certificate, Advanced and P.E.T. exams.
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firms I have developed and taught various legal courses concerning Legal Drafting, Interpretation of Contracts, Introduction
to the English Legal System and Legal English (covering the core
legal subjects) to members of the Law Society of Barcelona and
various universities located in Barcelona.
Teaching experience obtained in: Universidad de Barcelona –
Victimology (4th Year), September 2014 to present, EAE Online MBA – The Global Business Environment module, May
2013 to present,The European University – undergraduate and
MBA programmes (Lectures and on-line) – Business Law and
Writing Communications, January 2011 to present, UAB – Introduction to English Law component of the Post-graduate
Legal Translation programme ISDE – Masters Programmes
(LLM) and on-line Specialist English Law course, October 2009present, Universidad Internacional de Catalunya, Law and legal
English to law undergraduate and on Masters programmes and
Business law to undergraduates, April 2000 to January 2004,
San Ignacio-Sarria /Esade (general English and business English)
October 2000 to January 2004, Law Society (Barcelona), 1992
to January 2004, Cuatre Casas (tailor-made courses for legal
professionals), 1996-2002, 2006 to present, BABEL Communications 1997-2000, Oxford School of English (Sant Feliu de Llobregat) 1992-1997, Bristol House (Vilassar de Mar).
• Legal & Translation
Legal: 1987-1999 (England)
I worked in various law firms (1987-1991) as an out-door clerk
for both civil and criminal cases and in a para-legal position in
a litigation department.
I worked in the Lord Chancellor’s Department (House of
Lords), Judicial Appointment’s Division. My job included compiling statistics monitoring judicial performance which formed the
basis of bids to the Treasury for additional judges. I also gave
para-legal support (part of tier one interviewing/selection and
drafting of reports) for the appointment of judges and Queens
Counsel. (1989-1990)
I provided legal advice on a voluntary basis in Amnesty International (Barcelona) on Human Rights and immigration matters (1991 -1993).
In addition, I have also set up a computerised literacy system
and created a grammar database for students and teachers who
worked online with legal material.
Due to the experience gained from my legal studies and in law
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Program Director
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Law Society (Barcelona) 1996-2005
• Legal & Translation
Legal: 1987-1999 (England)
I worked in various law firms (1987-1991) as an out-door clerk
for both civil and criminal cases and in a para-legal position in
a litigation department.
I worked in the Lord Chancellor’s Department (House of
Lords), Judicial Appointment’s Division. My job included compiling statistics monitoring judicial performance which formed the
basis of bids to the Treasury for additional judges. I also gave
para-legal support (part of tier one interviewing/selection and
drafting of reports) for the appointment of judges and Queens
Counsel. (1989-1990)
I provided legal advice on a voluntary basis in Amnesty International (Barcelona) on Human Rights and immigration matters (1991 -1993).
All types of contracts and legal documents. I was a member of
a team of translators that translated the contracts and documents preceding the Forum Universal de las Culturas of Barcelona 2004.
Agencies /Individual clients
I have also translated and edited material for various agencies
and numerous individual clients, as well as the Generalitat, OMS,
various NGOs and COPCA.
Material translated: Deeds, contracts, patents, wills, divorce
papers, minutes, agendas, byelaws, reports, conference papers,
commercial documents, UN reports, legal academic papers,
legal doctoral thesis, catalogues, web-sites.
Freelance Translation: 1998 - present
Spanish / Catalan to English
Prat & Roca Abogados, Barcelona 1998-2000, 2006 – to
present
In-House translator, proof-reader and editor as well as paralegal work.
Material translated: heads of agreement, minutes, agendas, legislation, commercial documents, letters, commercial contracts
(particularly concerning mining), annual account and general
commercial material.
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Proceso de selección
El proceso de selección desarrollado por el ISDE tiene como
objeto asegurarse de la homogeneidad del nivel de los
participantes, de tal modo que todos ellos puedan seguir un
ritmo de trabajo similar y adaptado a las exigencias de los
programas.
Para ello los candidatos habrán de remitir al departamento de
admisiones los siguientes documentos y pruebas:
Currículum vítae
Carta de motivación
Prueba de nivelación.
Para ayudar a los candidatos durante el proceso de de selección
el ISDE les asignará un coordinador, que será la persona que se
haga cargo de su candidatura, proveerá al candidato de la
información que necesite y resolverá las dudas que se le puedan
plantear.
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BASES DE DATOS ECONOMIST & JURIST
Gracias al convenio suscrito entre ISDE y el Grupo Difusión
Jurídica, los alumnos de este Curso tienen el privilegio de
acceder a la mejor fuente jurídica del mercado, como son las
bases de datos de jurisprudencia, legislación y doctrina de
Economist & Jurist. Una biblioteca virtual de más de 11 millones
de documentos jurídicos a disposición del alumno.
BECAS
En función del fondo para becas que terceros (personas físicas
o jurídica, de carácter privado o público) pongan a disposición
de los alumnos del ISDE, estos podrán optar a la obtención de
una beca que sufrague de forma parcial el coste del Máster o
curso en el que estén matriculados. La adjudicación de las
mismas atenderá a criterios de mérito y necesidad económica,
mediante la evaluación conjunta y ponderada de los
documentos que el alumno facilite al departamento de becas.
BOLSA DE TRABAJO
Para facilitar a alumnos y antiguos alumnos su incorporación al
mundo laboral o su reubicación en el mismo, de acuerdo al
nuevo nivel adquirido tras estudiar con nosotros, el ISDE ofrece
un servicio totalmente gratuito de bolsa de trabajo.
Este servicio continúa con su gran éxito y ha permitido que a
lo largo de los últimos años los alumnos tengan una rápida
incorporación en el mundo laboral y que las diferentes firmas
y empresas puedan seleccionar profesionales altamente
cualificados, tras la realización de los programas de ISDE. Los
índices de colocación de nuestros alumnos son espectaculares
(entre el 85% y el 100% en cada promoción).
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Contact details
The Admissions Procedure will be directly
dealt with ISDE’s Admissions Department.
C/ Recoletos, 6
28001 – Madrid
Phone.: +34 911 265 180
Fax: +34 915 762 021
E-mail: [email protected]
www.isdemasters.com
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