Clear Legal Writing

BPP Professional Education

Course summary

6 hours

455 GBP excl. VAT

BPP Professional Education

Open / Scheduled

Next available date: 14/10/2019 - London

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London

14/10/2019

455 GBP

13/11/2019

455 GBP

Leeds

17/10/2019

455 GBP

Manchester

01/11/2019

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Course description

Clear Legal Writing

This course will introduce delegates to the use of plain English in different types of legal correspondence and documents. There are plenty of exercises and examples which makes for an interactive and stimulating course helping the delegates to practise the theory.

Suitability - Who should attend?

This course will be of benefit to any practitioner involved in legal writing, from trainees to senior partners and from pupils to silks. This course does not cover specific litigation or legal forms.

Outcome / Qualification etc.

By the end of this course you will be able to:

Understand the principles of drafting and clear legal writing
Recognise the need for legal clarity in different types of legal documents
Differentiate between written and oral advice
Classify which words and phrases have been judicially defined
Apply general rules for drafting in plain English
Recognise and apply the rules of interpretation of contracts
Dispense and deal with the pitfalls and issues relating to the use of legal jargon

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BPP Professional Education - Accountancy, Tax, Financial Services, Law & Insolvency Courses

BPP Professional Education is one of the specialist examination-based and professional development training arm of the BPP Group, Europe's biggest professional education and publishing provider with 2,000 staff members across 40 countries and over 30,000 students per year. BPP Professional Education...