M6-2.6 Learn prepositions
Instructions
1. The knowledge and comprehension exercises contained many legal English prepositional phrases.
2..Learn the collocations using Quizlet.
3. Please note: If you click on “Choose a study mode” (bottom right) and select “Flashcards” from the dropdown, you will access an audio file with the correct pronunciation of each term.
4. Mark this as complete when you are finished.
Review prepositions:
| Prepositional phrase | Definition | Example sentence |
| Appeal (against) a decision | To challenge a decision made by a court, tribunal, government department or agency. | The claimant appealed against the decision of the Employment Tribunal. |
| Guide someone (through) a process | To help someone through a process. | Judges guide non-legally qualified parties through the court procedures. |
| To impose a fine/penalties on someone or something (collocation) | To make or force someone or something to pay a fine, to pay money as punishment for breaking the law. A fine is money to be paid as punishment for wrongdoing whereas, a penalty is money to be paid when one has been warned to do or not do something and they do not follow the warning. | A fine was imposed on the Member State for failing to comply with EU law. |
| In compliance (with) | Following or obeying a rule, law or requirement. | Tribunals must be in compliance with the European Convention on Human Rights. |
| Listen (to) something | To actively hear something. | I listened to the client explain the issue to me. |
| (On) a party-v (against)-party basis | A type of proceeding where one private party brings a case against another private party. | Proceedings in the Property Chamber may be on a party-v-party basis. |
| Right (to) something | To be entitled to something. | Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights is the ‘right to a fair trial’. |
| Sit (as) a panel | To hear and decide a case as a group of tribunal judges or members. | Tribunal judges often sit as a panel. |
| Split (into/in) something | To be divided into smaller pieces. | In the UK, the tribunals are split into a hierarchy. |
| Under the leadership (of) | Directed or guided by a senior person or body. | Employment Tribunals come under the leadership of the Senior President of Tribunals. |