Twenty Real Cases from the Common Law Courts is a reading comprehension workbook in real legal English for international lawyers and law students. This book is an excellent introduction to the grammar and vocabulary of the law for learners who are still learning general English and wish to make a good start on the language of the law at the same time. The book can be used for self-study or in the classroom and contains a comprehensive answer key.Twenty Real Cases from the Common Law Courts is based upon real legal disputes about:

1. A negligence case about a ship that leaked fuel into the sea.
2. An infringement of copyright case about the rights to the Harry Potter movies.
3. A conveyancing dispute about ‘The Neighbours from Hell’.
4. A claim and counterclaim in the London Court of Appeal.
5. A civil case about a man who claimed he was wrongly accused of a crime.
6. An employment case about racial discrimination and a major British airline.
7. A case about medical negligence with serious results for a young claimant.
8. A case about a dispute between a bank and one of its customers.
9. A case about who should pay for unauthorised spending on a credit card.
10. A case about a dispute between a UK energy supplier and a customer.
11. An application to strike out a case to prevent it from going to trial.
12. A wrongful criminal prosecution that resulted in a civil claim.
13. A case about a dispute concerning the sale and purchase of land.
14. A case about contributory negligence between a pedestrian and a cyclist.
15. A case about baby food and a request for an injunction.
16. A case about a hotel’s legal duty concerning items in a guest’s room.
17. A case about a right of way over land.
18. A claim in the law of tort about Japanese knotweed plants.
19. A discrimination case about a teacher and the movie he showed to his students.
20. A case about a dispute over the ownership of a London flat.