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In this issue : Opening speech at the conference for the launch of New Zealand’s WriteMark plain English awards Judicial attitudes to plain language and the law Clarity member receives the Burton Award Lord David Renton Introductory editorial for the seminar in print Linguistic nasties and niceties: Who should we pander to? Or to whom […]

In this issue : A retrospect for Clarity Plain language in the UK Plain language in Scottish legislation Plain legal language in the English courts Plain language, the “Better Law-Making Charter” and some UK developments Plain English revolution officially announced Clarity for South Africa’s credit consumers Implementing plain language at Mallesons Evolution of an easy-to-understand […]

In this issue : Master class in English, for Clarity’s conference in Boulogne: writing the law in plain language— three versions Instructionsfor Queues Bill Queues Bill 2005 Commentary and Queues Bill 2005 Queues Bill 2005 Drafting master classes: plain languagestyles are not consistent Introduction to theinternationalroundtable at the Fifth Plain Language Association INternational(PLAIN)Conference Plain language […]

In this issue : Thefounding of Clarity Master Class No. 2, Boulogne conference : Drafting fromscratch—three versions NoiseBill instructions and comments TroublesomeNoiseDisclosure Act Noise Act 2005 Comments on the draft Bills Master Class No. 2, Boulogne conference: Revisory drafting—three revisions The revision that emerged from the project to “restyle” the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil […]

In this issue : How the European Commission drafts legislation in 20 languages The European Central Bank’s approach to drafting legislation in 20 languages The effect of poorly written legislation in a bilingual legal system Producing multilingual legislation in Switzerland Linguistic oddities in European Union legislation: don’t shoot the translator Just fix the English plain […]

In this issue : Plain English and New Zealand statutes Imperatives in drafting legislation: a brief New Zealand perspective Plain language in New Zealand: the drafting of legislation Writing decisions in the New Zealand Disputes Tribunal The power of language—the lawyer’s dilemma Rewriting the Income Tax Act Decisions that convince Plain language and law graduates […]

In this issue : Legal writing: some tools Drafting readable laws Advice from the Deep South D MacDonald Disclosure overload: lawyers are the problem, not the solution D Hyndman Plain language means better regulation R Grotsky Plain language: its effects on organizational performance Know your rights: a plain language series illuminates legal issues for seniors […]

In this issue : R Scheer Dear Tony: a lesson in plain English Is plain language appropriate for well-educated and politically important people? M Hochhauser Compliance v Communication S Benjamin Words at work: a study J Kimble The elements of plain language C Staughton How do the courts interpret commercial contacts? R Eagleson Numbers: figures […]