Course description
The objective of this live and interactive online seminar is for delegates to be critical of their writing styles so that they can detect bad drafting habits and develop a clear, unambiguous communication style. Delegates will also be provided with an overview of the way that the courts in the UK interpret legal documents and to test their understanding.
Including practical drafting exercises, the topics covered by expert speaker John Trimbos will include how to eliminate unnecessary words, superfluous word clusters, active vs passive voice, redundant expressions and legalese, when to use tabulation, how to avoid ambiguity, the rules of contractual interpretation, drafting errors and lessons from solicitors’ negligence cases, using precedents, freeform drafting and more.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
Training Course Content
Introduction
The objective of this live session is for delegates to be critical of their writing styles so that they can detect bad drafting habits and develop a clear, unambiguous communication style.
Delegates will also be provided with an overview of the way that the courts in the UK interpret legal documents and to test their understanding.
This course is presented by expert speaker John Trimbos.
What You Will Learn
This interactive live broadcast course will cover the following:
Part 1
- Starter exercises - eliminating unnecessary words
- Superfluous word clusters
- Active versus passive voice
- Redundant expressions and legalese
- Tabulation - when to use it
- Sentence construction and word order - how to avoid ambiguity
- Gender neutral drafting in business correspondence and legal documents
- Wrap-up - miscellaneous drafting exercises
Part 2
- The rules of contractual interpretation
- Drafting errors - lessons from solicitors’ negligence cases
- Avoiding ambiguity
- Using precedents
- Freeform drafting - constructing a contract from blank sheet beginnings
- The longest sentence in the world
- Letter writing including closing letters - what a good closing letter should include
Expenses
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