Lombardi Segni & Associati Legal English Course Lesson 25

Lesson 25
12:00pm B1
Class

1. Speaking Skills - discussion based on homework reading.
2. Language input - present & past habits & characteristics.
3. The different usage of would and used to when talking about past habit.

Vocabulary
to catch fire  (past tense: caught fire)

Homework
Adjectives for characteristics: easy-going, clumsy, mean, absent-minded, argumentative, sensitive, sensible, stubborn. 

1:30pm  C1/C2
Class
The  GDPR

Vocabulary
What do think the following expressions mean?
A catch all
A dry read
A client walking through the door
A mammoth task
A cottage industry

Reading & Discussion
Read your respective articles and then together answer the following questions:

1. What is the GDPR?
2. When does it come into force?
3. Will it only affect European companies?
4. What should law firms do for themselves in order to comply with the regulation?
5. What should law firms advise their clients to do in order to comply?

Listening
Source: Law in Action 19/03/2018 (item starts at 17:00)
Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09v3fdt 
Listen to the podcast and answer the following questions:

Part One - The Lawyer

1. How will breaches of the regulation be punished?
2. How does Phillip Giles define the GDPR?
3. What is included in the definition of personal data?
4. Will all businesses be covered by the regulation?
5. What has Phillip Giles done in his own law firm to comply with the regulation?
6. What categories of client does he outline?
7. What is the major drawback he sees in getting a consultant to organise a company's GDPR compliance?
8. Will the GDPR apply to the U.K. after Brexit?
9. Who will enforce the regulation in the U.K.?

Part Two - The Information Commissioner

1. According to the Deputy Information Commissioner what will the GDPR do?
2. How will consent for data usage change?
3. What's the difference between the right to withdraw consent and the right to be forgotten?
4. Is data erasure an absolute right?
5. What will be the role of the Information Commission?
6. What fines can the Commission impose?
7. How will the regulation expand the Commission's powers?
8. Will the new regulation be able to stop breaches by hackers?

Homework

Listen to the podcast again noting the new vocabulary introduced at the start of the class.