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Recent developments in contract drafting techniques
Published in The Clarity Journal 73 – 2015 There is an ever-increasing need and demand from the public for information that is accessible, transparent, and easy to understand. When we view contracts as working documents—binding guides to action rather than legal records, we write to engage people to read and understand them, improve commercial relationships, […]
A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting (2017)
Author : Ken Adams “It’s the only authoritative guide to the building blocks of contract language, and it’s in widespread use internationally. In this review, the Law Society Gazette says it’s “extraordinary.” The first edition was published by the American Bar Association in 2004; the fourth edition was published in 2017.” Source : https://www.adamsdrafting.com/writing/mscd/
Drafting from scratch — three versions
Published in The Clarity Journal 54 – 2005 Introduction As part of the conference on “Clarity and Obscurity in Legal Language” in Boulogne, we organized two panels of expert drafters — two master classes. We thought it would be interesting and instructive to see how different experts approached the same drafting assignment. In this issue, […]