{"id":714,"date":"2021-04-30T15:15:14","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T15:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalenglishlearning.com\/?p=714\/"},"modified":"2021-04-30T15:25:08","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T15:25:08","slug":"identification-and-correction-of-common-imprecisions-in-the-language-of-english-contracts-part-ii-april-30-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalenglishlearning.com\/en\/identification-and-correction-of-common-imprecisions-in-the-language-of-english-contracts-part-ii-april-30-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Identification and correction of common imprecisions in the language of English contracts &#8211; part II (April 30, 2021)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row type=&#8221;vc_default&#8221; full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"dt-highlight\">Identification and correction of common imprecisions in the language of English contracts &#8211; part II (April 30, 2021)<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Each of the following sentences contain a number of words\/terms that need to be changed or \u201cimproved\u201d (either because they are wrong or because they are imprecise in the context of the sentence). This may include incorrect legal terminology, wrong collocations, prepositions or a combination of all of these. They are already identified for you, now think of a better\/correct option.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1. After finding a more attractive and cheaper apartment she decided to\u00a0<strong><u>transfer<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0her rights and obligations under the rental agreement to her friend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2. Since several of the terms of this contract aren&#8217;t valid, it cannot be\u00a0<strong><u>binding on<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0the other party.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">3.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Judge was asked to<strong><u>\u00a0interpret<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0the meaning of Clause 7 due to its vague and contradictory wording.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">4.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Bank will now\u00a0<strong><u>terminate<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0the contract since you have complied with your monthly\u00a0<strong><u>payment\u00a0<\/u><\/strong>obligations and paid off the loan in its entirety.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">5.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><u>Restitution<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0damages are specifically set out in the contract itself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">6.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Loss of profit is one example of\u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">performance<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0damages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">7.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">We will seek an\u00a0<strong><u>assurance\u00a0<\/u><\/strong>as a guarantee that everything you state in the contract about the condition of the vehicle is accurate and you will have to\u00a0<strong><u>compensate<\/u>\u00a0<\/strong>us in case you have\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>lied about<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0anything.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">8.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Given the patent unfairness of the clause, the Court\u00a0<strong><u>decided<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0it\u00a0<strong><u>to be illegal\u00a0<\/u><\/strong>and ordered the financial institution to<strong><u>\u00a0pay back\u00a0<\/u><\/strong>the consumer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"dt-highlight\">Identification and correction of common imprecisions in the language of English contracts &#8211; part II: Answer Key<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<span style=\"color: #000000;\">1. After finding a more attractive and cheaper apartment she decided to\u00a0<strong><u>transfer<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0her rights and obligations under the rental agreement to her friend.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>ASSIGN<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2. Since several of the terms of this contract aren&#8217;t valid, it cannot be\u00a0<strong><u>binding on<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0the other party.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>ENFORCED AGAINST<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">3.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Judge was asked to<strong><u>\u00a0interpret<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0the meaning of Clause 7 due to its vague and contradictory wording.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>CONSTRUE<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">4.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Bank will now\u00a0<strong><u>terminate<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0the contract since you have complied with your monthly\u00a0<strong><u>payment\u00a0<\/u><\/strong>obligations and paid off the loan in its entirety.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>DISCHARGE \\ INSTALMENT<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">5.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><u>Restitution<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0damages are specifically set out in the contract itself.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>LIQUIDATED OR STIPULATED<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">6.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Loss of profit is one example of\u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">performance<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0damages.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>CONSEQUENTIAL or UNLIQUIDATED<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">7.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">We will seek an\u00a0<strong><u>assurance\u00a0<\/u><\/strong>as a guarantee that everything you state in the contract about the condition of the vehicle is accurate and you will have to\u00a0<strong><u>compensate<\/u>\u00a0<\/strong>us in case you have\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>lied about<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0anything.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>WARRANTY \\ INDEMNIFY \\ MISREPRESENTED<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">8.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Given the patent unfairness of the clause, the Court\u00a0<strong><u>decided<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0it\u00a0<strong><u>to be illegal\u00a0<\/u><\/strong>and ordered the financial institution to<strong><u>\u00a0pay back\u00a0<\/u><\/strong>the consumer.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>DECLARED \\ VOID \\ REIMBURSE<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row type=&#8221;vc_default&#8221; full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text] Identification and correction of common imprecisions in the language of English contracts &#8211; part II (April 30, 2021) [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Each of the following sentences contain a number of words\/terms that need to be changed or \u201cimproved\u201d (either because they are wrong or because they are imprecise in the context of the sentence).&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalenglishlearning.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalenglishlearning.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalenglishlearning.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalenglishlearning.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalenglishlearning.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=714"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalenglishlearning.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":722,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalenglishlearning.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714\/revisions\/722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalenglishlearning.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalenglishlearning.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalenglishlearning.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}