Persuasive Legal Writing: The Importance of Document Design and Typography
29-08-22 @ 5:30 pm / Matthew Hickey OAM KC, Mohammud Jaamae Hafeez-Baig, Christopher Doyle — Appellate, Banking, Building & Construction, Commercial Equity, Contract, Corporate Insolvency & Bankruptcy, Corporations, Resources & Energy
What will the seminar cover? Lawyers are in the business of producing persuasive writing, but they often neglect a key dimension: document design and typography. Legal documents are professionally published materials and their readers—clients, judges, or the public—expect them to be of the same standard as other professionally published materials.…
What will the seminar cover? Appeals are characterised by a tension between two competing considerations. On the one hand, appeals serve an important public and private function in correcting errors by trial judges. On the other, appellate courts must be cognisant of their natural limitations and must give due respect…
