Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
How will it help you?
When conducting a plain language document audit it is important to record the findings of the audit or review to provide you with the information that you will need, when you need it. It is important that practical action items are identified as part of the ...
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Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
How is plain language defined in South African law? What is the standard that one should use to decide whether a document is in plain language? What is plain and understandable language?
Although reference to plain and understandable language is made in various pieces of legislation, only very few expand on ...
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Friday, September 18th, 2009
SAFM (Word of Mouth show) recently interviewed Andrew Weeks on plain language and the law. Lawyers are said to be one of the worst culprits when it comes to using language that is verbose, but is there a reason for this?
Caution: The audio files on Michalsons can be large. Most ...
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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
What are the benefits of legal documents being in plain language or plain legal language?
Communicate effectively - people can actually read and understand plain language documents. The purpose of most agreements is to regulate behaviour. For example, a lease tries to regulate the way a tenant uses a property. That ...
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