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5. Solicitors (to limit) rights to practice before the courts
("rights of access"), but traditionally "instruct" a barrister to appear in
court for them.
6. The Court & Legal Services Act (to abolish) the exclusive
rights of barrister access to the higher courts, i.e., the Crown Court
(criminal), High Court (civil), Court of Appeal and House of Lords.

V. Match the items in column A to those in column B, then say
which action happened first.
A B
1. The solicitor appeared in the higher a) the court session had already
court… started.
2. She had read the article b) by the time his professional
in a legal journal several client – solicitor- came into the
times… office.
3. After a detective film had c) after he had obtained
ended… certification
4. When they came into d) he began reading lots of books
the courtroom… on law.
5. The barrister had already e) before she understood it.
finished examining the papers…
6. As soon as he had chosen f) we started discussing it.
to become a lawyer,…

VI. Join the sentences using the word(s) in brackets and the Past
Perfect Simple as in example.
1. The judge finished his speech. The witness appeared in the
hall. (just, when)
The judge had just finished his speech, when the witness appeared
in the hall.
2. The solicitor started typing a letter. His client left. (as soon
as)
3. George came into the courtroom. He talked to a policeman.
(after)
4. They didn’t hire a lawyer. They examined his résumé.
(until)

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