by The Write House | Apr 9, 2015 | Blog, Media
Clarity is an international association that promotes plain legal English. Founded in 1983, Clarity is a worldwide group of lawyers and others who advocate using plain language in place of legalese. The Write House has joined Clarity International. As pioneers of the...
by The Write House | Apr 1, 2015 | March 2015 edition, Media, The Write Partner
Nigerian lawyers can keep up with ongoing legal developments in the world by exposing themselves to best practices. That is why lawyers need to keep improving their professional skills. Some lawyers took that step recently when they participated in a brief-writing...
by The Write House | Apr 1, 2015 | The Write Partner
Chelsea Hotel Abuja, 24-25 June 2015 Brief Writing Masterclass is boldly interdisciplinary in its approach to persuasive writing. Communications theory, linguistics, logic, psychology, rhetoric, and semantics combine with law to make this course absolutely peerless....
by The Write House | Apr 1, 2015 | Blog
Severe is never a verb. You cannot severe your relationship with the firm. You may sever your relationship with the firm, or sever your ties to your homeland. Surety is not pronounced shotee. Surety is pronounced shor’ti. Bite the r. Pronounce the r. You can’t reply a...
by The Write House | Mar 31, 2015 | March 2015 edition, The Write Partner
‘The Write Partner’ assesses, criticizes, or praises the language of selected passages from Nigeria’s leading law reports. Aikhadueki [2014] 15 NWLR (Part 1431) 530- Supreme Court of Nigeria Under Facts, the law reporter begins as follows: The appellant was arraigned...