18 Must-Know Legal English Words & Idioms

Find out about my Professional English Courses: https://bit.ly/derekcallancourses In this lesson, I share 18 essential legal English words and idioms with simple and clear definitions and lots of example sentences. Learn words like compliance, liability, and breach of contract and idioms like above board and in hot water. —————————————————————————————————————————— Free Interactive Resource The Real-Time English Gap - Designed for experienced professionals who want to close the gap between their expertise and how they come across in English. https://bit.ly/realtimegap ————————————————————————————————————————— CORRECTION! Please note that the following sentence example for lawsuit is not correct: “The company decided to carry out a lawsuit against the former employee for stealing.” "carry out a lawsuit" is not commonly used - the correct term is "file a lawsuit": “The company decided to file a lawsuit against the former employee for stealing.” Thanks to Mehrzad for pointing this out. —————————————————————————————————————————— Would you like to support the English for Professionals YouTube channel? If you've found value in my YouTube lessons and want to help keep the channel going, you can do so in the following ways: 💫 Donate to the channel via *PayPal*: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted... 💫 Buy Derek a coffee ☕️: https://buymeacoffee.com/derekcallan 💫 Super Thanks 🙌 - there's a button below each YouTube video. If you click it, you can donate to the channel! —————————————————————————————————————————— If you'd like to deepen your knowledge or upgrade your skills, take a look at my self-paced courses: Small Talk for Professionals Make Small Talk with Confidence in 6 Weeks: https://bit.ly/smalltalkforpros Confident Meetings Transform Your English Meeting Skills: https://bit.ly/confidentmeetings Confident Presentations Your step-by-step guide to presenting clearly, confidently and professionally in English: https://bit.ly/9daysconfidentpresenta... FREE Professional English Phrase Booster: https://bit.ly/phrasebooster —————————————————————————————————————————— Find out more about me: https://derekcallan.com/about-busines... —————————————————————————————————————————— Chapters 00:00 Intro 01:05 confidentiality agreement 02:22 liability and liable 04:12 compliance 05:14 follow protocol 06:01 NDA (Non-disclosure agreement) 07:22 breach of contract 08:08 dispute 09:02 fine print 09:45 to sue someone 10:44 lawsuit 11:35 legal proceedings 12:40 whistleblower 13:27 power of attorney 14:06 void a contract 15:09 above board 15:44 by the book 16:17 in hot water 16:56 throw the book at someone —————————————————————————————————————————— FOLLOW ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram:   / derekcallan.english   Facebook:   / derekcallan.english   #busineseenglish #learnenglish