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Consumer law update
from INBRIEF, client newsletter of law firm Glaister Ennor
A Consumer Law Reform Bill will be introduced to (the New Zealand) Parliament later this year to update and simplify consumer law.
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Why trial lawyers say it better
by ADAM FREEDMAN, The Wall Street Journal
“Does it sing?” At my old law firm, that was code for “Is your brief finished?” But an elegant legal brief (a written argument submitted to a court) has all the harmony of great prose.
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Lawyers favour keeping it simple
by ZOE LYON, Lawyers Weekly
Thirty-page letters of advice strewn liberally with legalese and Latin have become the legal cliché, but they simply won't cut it in today’s commercial world.
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Documents are made for people
by Dr ROBERT EAGLESON
...A similar tragedy has happened to documents. They have been encumbered with so many false conventions, contorted by bizarre notices of language, distorted by misconceptions about communication and self, that many in the community look upon documents to be avoided wherever possible or to be consulted only as a last resort. They are too often seen as fountains of frustration rather than sources for enlightenment and aid.
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