Task 3.
Look at the article below. Read it and decide if the statements under it are true or false.
Sanjay Pritam is a partner with a law firm in Southampton in the south of England. Sanjay is a specialist in maritime law. He chose this area of law because of his family history. His father owns a ship. Sanjay’s father worked on this ship for his whole life. Sanjay worked with him for two years and then he started his legal studies. Sanjay thinks this practical experience on a ship was very useful. English law influences most of the law that governs international maritime cases. For this reason, lawyers from all over the world contact Sanjay’s office to ask him for his opinion, which he gives by phone or email. When maritime lawyers are speaking informally, they divide cases into two categories. They call them ‘dry’ cases and ‘wet’ cases. Dry cases involve problems with shipping contracts and wet cases involve problems at sea, such as ships that have accidents. Most of the cases that Sanjay deals with cannot be negotiated and end in litigation.
1. Sanjay’s father is also a lawyer.
2. Sanjay thinks it is good that he worked on a ship before he was a lawyer.
3. Sanjay usually travels to other countries to help lawyers who have questions about maritime law.
4. A maritime case involving a breach of contract is informally called a ‘dry case’.
5. Most of Sanjay’s cases go to court because the parties cannot agree upon a solution.