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Dear Sandy Please find the draft lease attached. Please let me know if there are any amendments to be made before sending it to the tenants to sign. Best regards Graham

Legal Writing

Planning your writing
Planning what to write
The next step in the process, brainstorming
Writing a draft
The KISS method
Understanding legalese
Rewriting using the KISS principle
Formality and register
Levels of formality
Rewriting in the appropriate register
Linking words and phrases
Linking words and phrases: writing cohesively
Using linking words to complete a letter
Writing task: using linking words in a reply letter
Punctuation
Learning to use punctuation
Writing task: correcting punctuation errors
Legalese
Matching legalese with plain English meanings
Writing statutes and regulations in plain English
An internal email
How to write an internal email
Writing an internal email
An external email
Writing professional emails
A professional email?
Rewriting an email for clarity, tone, and essential information
A letter concerning an outstanding bill
Client payment request
Reading and understanding a model payment request letter
Writing a client payment request
A client advisory letter
Learning phrases from a client advisory letter
Writing a client advisory letter for your jurisdiction
A demand letter 1: American English
An introduction to drafting demand letters
Completing a demand letter
Understanding a demand letter
A demand letter 2: British English
Reading a British demand letter
Writing a demand letter for a client
Notice of breach of contract
A notice of a breach of contract
Learning phrases from a notice of breach of contract
A contractual dispute
Writing a demand letter for breach of contract
A cease and desist letter
A cease and desist letter
Writing a cease and desist letter
An informative memo (internal)
Internal memos
Identifying sections of a memorandum
Writing an internal memorandum
An external memo (due diligence request)
Reading a due diligence request memorandum
Writing a memorandum for a client
Proofreading
Correcting a set of notes on substantial performance
Correcting a covenant not to compete
How to prepare a sale and purchase agreement (SPA)
The elements of a sale and purchase agreement
Reading an extract from a sale and purchase agreement
A sale and purchase agreement: vocabulary check
Drafting key clauses in sale and purchase agreements
Reading a sale and purchase agreement clause
Reading conditions precedent
Redrafting conditions precedent for a client
An external memorandum of law (legal brief) to the court
Reading the conclusion of a legal brief
A disclosure letter
Reading a disclosure letter
Learning phrases from a disclosure letter
Writing an explanatory email to your client
A power of attorney
Understanding a limited power of attorney
Learning phrases from a limited power of attorney
Drafting a limited power of attorney for your client
A letter of advice
Understanding a letter of advice
Learning phrases from a letter of advice
Drafting a letter of advice to your client
Types of contract clauses
Identifying and understanding contract clauses
Learning phrases from liquidated damages clauses
Writing a liquidated damages clause for your client
An external memorandum of law (legal brief) to the court
Reading the conclusion of a legal brief
Writing a conclusion to a legal brief on behalf of your client
Using modifiers
The use of modifiers in Legal English (1)
The use of modifiers in Legal English (2)
Writing task: redrafting dangling and misplaced modifiers
Other Lessons
Writing and speaking task: using the modifier <i>only</i>
Tips for writing emails
Writing internal emails
Matching contract terms with definitions
A sale and purchase agreement: vocabulary check
The main points in a client advisory letter
Completing phrases in a sale and purchase agreement
Synonyms in legal English: a sale and purchase agreement
Understanding a sale and purchase agreement
Writing task 1: redrafting a contract provision in plain English
Finding simple errors in a letter
Re-paragraphing a memo
Summarizing a complex contract clause
Legal writing in plain English: vocabulary check (2)
Legal writing in plain English: vocabulary in use
A letter to a client concerning a property purchase
A letter to a client concerning a property purchase: vocabulary check
A letter to a client concerning a property purchase: prepositions
Legal writing in plain English
An example of legalese
Legal writing in plain English: vocabulary check (1)

A professional email?

Planning your writing

The KISS method

Formality and register

Linking words and phrases

Punctuation

Legalese

An internal email

An external email

A letter concerning an outstanding bill

A client advisory letter

A demand letter 1: American English

A demand letter 2: British English

Notice of breach of contract

A cease and desist letter

An informative memo (internal)

An external memo (due diligence request)

Proofreading

How to prepare a sale and purchase agreement (SPA)

Drafting key clauses in sale and purchase agreements

An external memorandum of law (legal brief) to the court

A disclosure letter

A power of attorney

A letter of advice

Types of contract clauses

An external memorandum of law (legal brief) to the court

Using modifiers

Other Lessons