Test yourself

Fill in the gaps with one word.
advise; contentious; instruct; clients; behalf; damages; opposing; take;

When you are a solicitor you…

• take instructions from clients and (1 p.) on necessary courses of legal action
• work in private practice, in-house for commercial or industrial organisations, in local or central government or in the court service
• meet and interview (1 p.)
(1 p.) a client's instructions
• correspond with clients and (1 p.) solicitors
(1 p.) barristers
• act on (1 p.) of clients in disputes and represent them in inferior courts, or at tribunals, if necessary
• calculate claims for (1 p.) , compensation, maintenance, etc
• do non- (1 p.) work