What is plain English?

Tips to writing clear legal language – The Hon. Michael Kirby’s Ten Rules

Complex and bureaucratic language is a barrier to taking part in society, especially for people of low literacy. As Mr Kirby observes – “It is not always easy for lawyers to write and speak plain language. For many of us, we need to be rescued from our “heretofores”, “whereas” and “party of the first part”.”

Take a look 26Ten’s Write for the People Video.