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One man’s motivation to simplify legal communication

Monday, 7 November 2016, 2:04 pm | Write Limited

Chris Trudeau is a professor at Thomas M. Cooley Law School, which is part of Western Michigan University in the US. Chris is also one of 80 international speakers attending next week’s Clarity2016 conference in Wellington. More >>

The Lines Company’s holds WriteMark for plain English

Monday, 3 October 2016, 10:16 am | Write Limited

The Lines Company (TLC) has achieved the WriteMark Plain English Standard, the seal of document quality, for their new Standard Terms of Service. More >>

Wellington conference to be a game-changer for clear writing

Wednesday, 7 September 2016, 1:16 pm | Write Limited

Plain language experts and advocates from around the world will arrive in Wellington in November to attend Clarity2016, a plain language conference for law, business, and government. More >>

How plain English can help when education hasn’t

Wednesday, 29 June 2016, 4:13 pm | Write Limited

Words, so the cynic Tallyrand suggested, are given us to conceal our thoughts. That certainly seems to be the case with the official response to the recent results of the OECD survey of adult skills . New Zealand adults are among the most literate ... More >>

From little things big things grow

Thursday, 5 November 2015, 10:20 am | Write Limited

When plain language champion Lynda Harris started a one-woman business 25 years ago, little did she know Write would become the largest plain language company in the world. More >>

The case for shorter sentences — in legal documents that is

Wednesday, 19 February 2014, 3:02 pm | Write Limited

Try reading these sentences once. Do you understand them? Really? The property was secured at the abovementioned time when the plaintiff left the premises and the defendant then proceeded to enter the premises without permission and of their own volition ... More >>

Plain English credit contract in the market

Monday, 22 April 2013, 12:37 pm | Write Limited

Signing up with DTR for a new TV or fridge just got easier. On 22 April, DTR started using a new credit contract written in plain English. The new contract is designed to help customers understand what DTR promises, and what the customer needs to promise, ... More >>

 
 
 
 
 

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