Intensifiers are adverbs intended to strengthen adjectives. For example, writing ‘very unfair’ instead of ‘unfair’ should suggest that whatever you are referring to is more…
The point of a witness statement is to say what happened – to the best of the witness’s knowledge, and to the extent that what…
Most of us have words and phrases that we overuse. For example, I have a tendency to start sentences with ‘clearly’ when writing submissions: as…
Should you prepare a list of questions? This is a question on which reasonable people disagree. The argument is basically this. Those against say a…
Black. Or blue. Or dark purple, if you like. The only really important thing to avoid is using a light pastel colour, which will not…
This is a post mainly for law students volunteering for FRU, and others very early in their careers. Let’s assume you’re a brilliant lawyer. You…