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Write like someone who isn’t a psychopath

(this piece is for: anyone writing a contract, but it’s useful for anyone negotiating one, too) I sometimes feel like people have put so many systems in place to be able to live our lives, that we forget that they’re [...]

Mr President, please don’t sign the Film and Publications Amendment Bill

So I've been getting some questions on what the Film and Publications Amendment Bill means, practically.  The short answer is: we don't know.  And honestly, that should terrify you enough, right there. Laws exist to create structure, and structure needs clarity. [...]

The benefits of plain legal language

We believe we need SimpleLaw and plain legal language is a large part of that. We have to convert all horrible legal documents into beautiful legal documents in plain legal language. We can help you to use plain language in [...]

By |2022-12-02T16:20:41+02:00October 13th, 2014|Categories: Plain Language|Tags: , , , |

Legislation that requires plain language

There are many pieces of legislation in South Africa that require the use of plain legal language. In this article, we focus on legislation that requires plain language communications. In our experience, people either don't know or tend to ignore [...]

By |2022-12-15T11:40:07+02:00May 2nd, 2014|Categories: Plain Language|Tags: , , , |