Awareness and Appreciation are critical values in DEI – Special Edition
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Ipso facto words – India needs to simplify the ‘language of the law’
To non-lawyers “motion” means “movement or process of moving”; to us it means “application to a court”. To non-lawyers “said” means the past and past participle of “say”; it is an adjective for us – for example, the “said” building.
A genteel old lady who met me for some legal advice asked why we lawyers write in a strange way....
For India and other countries, an IP waiver is a distraction
For India and other countries, an IP waiver is a distraction not a solution to the covid-19 vaccine crisis
Drawn-out discussions about a covid-related TRIPs suspension will not help the huge numbers of people in India and elsewhere waiting for vaccines, argue Deepa Tiku and Jyoti Sagar of K&S PartnersAs the world wades...
Language and Law: The Incomprehensible Lawyer – Part I
Language is the most significant medium of communication. Other than “sign” language and “body” language, “language” is made of “words” that are used for oral and written communication. The main purpose of communication is to convey information and ideas.
As lawyers, we spend a large part of our time crafting, articulating, and...
For plain English, not gobbledygook – Commentary
he Supreme Court of India has referred a judgment of the Himachal Pradesh High Court back to the court on the ground that it is incomprehensible.
In support of this description, Justices D Y Chandrachud and M R Shah quoted three paragraphs from the high court judgment. A painstaking reading of the quoted text reveals letters of...
Language and Law: The Incomprehensible Lawyer – Part 2
The first part of this article described the peculiarities of the language of the law. In this concluding part, we cover the fascinating history of the lawyers’ language, why the legal profession persists with its language even though the English language for the rest of the world has changed from the middle ages and evolved, and the green shoots of...