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Justice: Plain language in family law helps but it’s not enough
Published in The Clarity Journal 81 – 2020. Introduction This article discusses how plain language in Australian family law combined with a clear process makes justice more accessible. Both substantive and procedural law are discussed. Justice requires minimal delays, minimal costs and accessibility. Law is accessible when substantive and procedural laws are understood by lay […]
Victoria Law Foundation – Online legal information guidelines
Country : AustraliaType of content : Online information Plain language and better communication resources to help you improve your communication skills.
Clarity breakfast (2016) – Visualising tax law
Nick Birks works in the Central Customer Directorate at HM Revenue & Customs. He will show us the software used by government departments in Belgium and the Netherlands, and by HMRC, to reveal the structure of the law, and to identify duplication and inconsistency. The results appear as giant posters showing diagrams of the legislation, […]
Clarity International conference (2016) – The Business of Clarity : A plain language conference for the law, business, and government.
The next clarity conference will be held in Wellington, New Zealand. Register your interest and find out more at the conference website: clarity2016.org
The Law Society of England And Wales
An independent professional organization for solicitors in the UK. The Society publishes the book Clarity for Lawyers, now in its 3rd edition (Mark Adler and Daphne Perry).
Victoria Law Foundation
A foundation seeking to improve the justice system in Victoria. It provides useful communications resources as well as plain language training for legal professionals.
Law and Justice Foundation of New South Wales
A foundation seeking to improve access to justice in New South Wales. It provides resources and guidelines for writing and useful guides to Australian law. The Foundation also publishes a monthly newsletter on plain language.
You think lawyers are good drafters?
Published in The Clarity Journal 73 – 2015 By Joseph Kimble No, I’m sorry, but most lawyers are not skilled drafters. It doesn’t matter how smart or experienced they are or how many legal documents they have drafted. Most — a supermajority, probably — are lacking. And yet, oddly enough, while they tend to be […]