Objectives
All delegates will gain a good understanding of business writing and legal drafting skills.
Content
Writing Skills
- Starter exercise - 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
- Wrap-up - miscellaneous drafting exercises
Drafting Skills
- 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
How To Book
Please contact your Learning & Development Manager if you are interested in this course.