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Posted onFebruary 11, 2011advice

Avoiding bad page breaks

by Michael2 Comments on Avoiding bad page breaks

In general, typographers try to avoid ending a page with a short fragment of a paragraph or starting a page with the last small part…

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Posted onFebruary 1, 2011advice

Bad writing

by Naomi1 Comment on Bad writing

A sign on a churchyard gate, seen on a walk at the weekend, reads: Please be aware of rabbit damage to the grass to the…

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Posted onDecember 15, 2010advice

Conclusions – at the beginning or the end

by MichaelLeave a comment on Conclusions – at the beginning or the end

The format of a lot of advocacy, both written and oral, is to propose a conclusion and provide evidence or explanation to support that conclusion.…

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Posted onOctober 7, 2010advice

I refute ‘refute’

by MichaelLeave a comment on I refute ‘refute’

The phrase ‘I refute’ has started to show up a lot in submissions and witness statements. People use it to mean ‘I deny such and…

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Posted onApril 7, 2010advice

Some Editing Techniques

by MichaelLeave a comment on Some Editing Techniques

Sleep on it. The problem with editing something you’ve just written is that you are too close to it. You will tend to see what…

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Posted onMarch 31, 2010advice

Rewriting as rethinking, presenting, line-editing and nit-picking

by Michael2 Comments on Rewriting as rethinking, presenting, line-editing and nit-picking

In Is this the best you can do? we emphasised the important of rewriting and editing. It’s easy to say that rewriting is important, but…

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Posted onMarch 29, 2010advice

Is this the best you can do?

by Naomi & MichaelLeave a comment on Is this the best you can do?

Winston Lord was an aide to Henry Kissinger during the Nixon administration. Once, after Lord had written a draft report, Kissinger asked “Is this the…

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Posted onDecember 18, 2009advice

Gender-neutral language

by NaomiLeave a comment on Gender-neutral language

I’ve just read the best advice I’ve ever seen on this subject in Bryan A Garner’s book The Elements of Legal Style (2nd ed., OUP…

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Posted onNovember 12, 2009advice

Not ‘Not Unfair’

by Michael5 Comments on Not ‘Not Unfair’

The opposite of ‘unfair’ is ‘fair’. Not ‘not unfair’. So write “The Respondent has not shown a fair reason for the dismissal”, rather than “The…

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Posted onOctober 14, 2009advice

Placeholders

by MichaelLeave a comment on Placeholders

Often, while writing, you will leave gaps to fill in later. It is useful to have a standard bit of text, such as ‘xxx’ to…

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