Unit 01: The practice of law (solution)

Stockholm chamber of commerce.

Find the following link on the first results page:
The SCC Institute – Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber ….
Clicking on this link takes you to the English version of the homepage of the Arbitration Institute’s web site. At the top of that page you will find a link to Rules. Clicking on this link takes you to a page which offers you a choice of rules. Click on the small English link below the rule to open the document you need to find the answer to question 1.

Answer
The following summary has been adapted from Articles 12 and 13 of the Rules of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC):

i. The parties are free to choose the number of arbitrators. If more than one arbitrator is appointed, each party must appoint an equal number of arbitrators (e.g. two per party).

ii. If one party does not appoint an arbitrator within the given time limit, the SCC will appoint one for them.

iii. If the parties do not choose their own arbitrators the SCC will appoint either one or three, depending on the complexity of the case. 

There are only two parties to this contract, and each must appoint an equal number of arbitrators. Therefore, as the arbitration clause in the contract stipulates that there will be three arbitrators, the third arbitrator will be appointed by the SCC.

For more details, see article 16 of the Rules of the Arbitration Institute of the
Stockholm Chamber of Commerce at: http://www.sccinstitute.com/?id=23718

Using the Google search engine, enter the following search query:

Skatteverket

The first link on the results page, Startsida | Skatteverket, takes you to the Skatteverket web site (www.skatteverket.se). Try to find the English language version of the page. It can be found by clicking on the International link on the left hand menu of the Skatteverket start page.
Alternatively, return to the Google search page and enter English into the Advanced Search language settings.
To access the settings click on the blue text link to the right of the search button; this will open a page with all the settings. Click on the drop down menu for language and choose English.

Now when you run the search, the first link on the English-only results page is In other languages; click on this link to access the English language section of the Skatteverket website, where you will find the answer to question 2.

Setting Preferences
Most popular search engines allow the user to adjust preferences, i.e. the criteria used by the search engine to carry out searches. These preferences allow the user to determine, for example, the language in which the search will be carried out, the language in which the user uses the search engine, the number of results displayed per search window, etc. Preferences are usually modified by following a link appearing on the start page of the search engine.To see preferences in action, go to www.google.com.
To the right of the search field there is a link to preferences. Follow this link and change the interface language to English. Google also offers further advanced search options, language tools and many other useful services. Click more to see what is available. These features will be explored in task 2.

Answer
The Skatteverket is the Swedish tax agency.
For more details, see:
http://www.skatteverket.se/english/inenglish.4.3a2a542410ab40a421c80006827.html

notarie

This will return thousands of links in many languages. Try narrowing your search by adding the word English to your search query.

notarie English

Fewer results are returned, but you will still have to scan through many pages in order to find the information you are looking for. Note that the use of English in the search query does not result in English-only search results.
However, the following searches should give you quick access to the information you require:

Sweden notarie

Swedish notarie

You will notice that, as Sweden and Swedish have been written in English, many of the pages returned will also be in English. There is no need to change the language settings.

Scroll down the search results and find the following link: EUROPA – EJN – Legal professions – Sweden. This takes you to the website of the European Judicial Network (civil justice). The EJN site provides valuable information concerning the civil justice systems of all EU member states in all official EU languages.

Select the English language website by using the dropdown menu at the top left of the page.

To find information concerning the Swedish civil justice system, click on the Swedish flag on the right hand menu.

Here you will find information on the legal professions in Sweden by clicking on Legal professions on the left hand menu.

To search text-heavy web pages for words or phrases, use your browser’s find function: click Edit on your browser’s toolbar and select Find, then enter notarie as a search query in the pop up box. This will locate every occurrence of the word notarie in the text. You can also bring up the Find pop up box by using Ctrl + F on your keyboard.

Scroll down the text to find the answer to question 3.

Answer

A notarie is a type of court clerk. To qualify as a notarie, a person must have worked for two years as a court clerk at a district court or country administrative court.

For more details, see:
http://ec.europa.eu/civiljustice/legal_prof/legal_prof_swe_en.htm