1 day Strategic Legal Writing for Managers Using Plain English in Legal Writing

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Course Information Date: 23 December 2014 (Tue) Time: 9.00am to 5.00pm Venue: Concorde Hotel Function Room (f.k.a Le Meridien Hotel) Fees: SGD$500 (NETT) S$200 (After PIC Grant) *Enjoy up to 400% tax deduction or 60% cash payout under the Productivity and Innovation Credit (PIC) scheme for Staff Training. Find out more at https://www.iras.gov.sg/ or email picredit@iras.gov.sg Inclusive of teabreaks and lunch Registration is on a 1st come 1st serve basis. Register early to avoid disappointment. Click here for registration form To register, please contact Ms Elsie Koh @ 9857 8570/ 62789785 or elsie@360degrees.com.sg Unsubscribe If you no longer wish to receive our email - please click unsubscribe here. Thank you. 1 day Strategic Legal Writing for Managers Using Plain English in Legal Writing Introduction This course is about legally protective writing strategies. Nobody gets it right first time. Writing in a strategic way is as important as oral statements. Strategic legal writing is critical for solving commercial and business disputes and winning legal battles. This program gives a wide range of topics that arise in everyday tasks in a business and commercial setting. The course gives to the non-expert matters relating to drafting contracts and writing letters and memoranda. You do not need to have legal knowledge to attend this course. When in doubt and before you write your final draft in your office, check the dictionary and then the legal dictionary. Some letters are not easily readable. Lay readers cannot understand certain documents. When not to write? It all boils down to "Clarity", using plain simple English in writing letters, office memos or documents. What to avoid when writing documents and letters. How to draft agreements and documents? A sample contract with clause-by-clause analysis will enhance learning. Learn the modern style to write clearly, properly and effectively, in this 1-day course, which will take you through the effective strategies for a better writing of your letters and documents in your office or corporate world. Choosing the right word to write is ever so important, but also watching out for problem words with multiple meanings. Learn what works and what doesn't. Course Topics Strategic Writing Write in a strategic and winning way Write in a practical, tactical and focused manner Rely on standard terms and conditions / boilerplate precedents And not to rely on implied terms but expressly provide for terms Write Plain English to be effective Learn the General Principles of Legal Writing and Drafting Letters, Memoranda and Reports Drafting commercial contracts sentence structure avoid sentence fragments avoid run-on sentences eliminate redundancies avoid incorrect deletions use sentence structure for emphasis watch out for problem words with multiple meanings or special legal meanings, vague words or confusing pairs avoid negatives why prefer the active to the passive voice? how to make passive verbs active? repetition "The" "Attached to" the power of punctuation use of commas close brackets use of Capital letters use of colon, semi-colon use of hypen, dash apostrophes how to write effective letters and formal documents letter writing : aims factual instructional or informative persuasive, influencing and advising form, style and layout conventions heading and numbering tone, politeness and humanity retain composure on paper prompt response voice of assurance without prejudice letters subject to contract internal notes and memo preparing memos, briefs and minutes avoid legalese, archaic language choose the right word use of dictionary and legal dictionary reasoning – writing a case analysis preparing and organizing an office memo Boilerplate Standard Provisions practical clauses definitions and interpretation force majeure clause severance clause entire agreement clause amendment clause waiver clause notices clause confidentiality and disclosures standard warranties, guarantees and indemnities exclusions of liability liquidated damages clause variation clauses 360 Degrees Trainer Associate Professor Catherine Tay Swee Kian Assoc Prof. Catherine Tay lectures law at National University of Singapore, NUS Business School in the Department of Strategy and Policy; and medical law and business law at Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS; as well as dental law and ethics at the Faculty of Dentistry, NUS. A/Prof Tay is an Associate Professorial Fellow, NUS. She is a Barrister-at-Law, of Lincoln's Inn, United Kingdom and an Advocate and Solicitor in Singapore. She was called to the English Bar in 1978 and the Singapore Bar in 1980. She is an Associate Director, Bernard & Rada Law Corp. She is an author of several law books including 'Contract Law'; 'Directors' Duties and Liabilities'; 'Business Law' ; E-Commerce Law; Intellectual Property Laws and 'Medical Negligence'. She has published several legal articles in prestigious international and local law journals. A/Prof Tay studied law at Queen Mary College, University of London and graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree and a Master of Laws degree, in which she specialized in Company, Shipping, Insurance and Marine Insurance laws. She did her pupillage under the Honorable Lady Mary Hogg in London and returned to Singapore in the law firm of Rodyk & Davidson. A/Prof Tay is also a member of the Centralized Institutional Review Board – Ethics sub committee of SingHealth hospitals and polyclinics; and is also a member of the National Healthcare Group Domain Specific Review Board / Research Ethics committee tasked to review the scientific and ethical aspects of research protocols. A/Prof Tay is an examiner on law and medical law subjects for a number of professional bodies and universities in Singapore and overseas. She was an external examiner in medical law at the Law Faculty of the University of Hong Kong. She conducts in-house training seminars and workshops for hospitals, banks, statutory boards, hotels, commercial firms and companies, clubs and associations. She is also a legal consultant appearing on many television segments. A/Prof Tay was a committee member of the editorial board of the Singapore Accountant Journal, Journal of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore and the (United Kingdom) The Company Lawyer. She was on the Board of Overseas Editors for the (United Kingdom) Journal of Financial Crime, an official publication of the Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime. She has presented conference papers at many conferences and seminars on Business Law, Medical Law, and Company and insolvency Laws overseas and in Singapore. A/Prof Tay has published numerous articles in international peer reviewed journals such as BIOETHICS, the Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine; the (United Kingdom) Journal of Business Law, (United Kingdom) Business Law Review; the (United Kingdom) Company Lawyer and the (United Kingdom) Insolvency Law & Practice, (United Kingdom) Tolley's professional negligence, (United Kingdom) Tottel's Professional Negligence, the Singapore Dental Journal; the Malayan Law Journal; the Securities Industry Review and The Singapore Law Gazette. She received the 2008 Sinagapore Medical Journal Recognition Award for reviewing with Distinction for consistently submitting timely, detailed and scholarly reviews. A/Prof Tay cohosted a weekly talk show "In the Eyes of the Law" on NTUC RadioHeart and was a consultant to MediaCorp television series on consumer laws "What's Your Case" on TV Channel 5. In House Customized Training We deliver customized designed courses that are tailored to your organizational needs. Our professional trainers are domain experts with extensive international experience. Do contact us today @ 6278 9785/ training@360degrees.com.sg for no-obligation training needs assessment, we will work in partnership with you to identify needs, develop training and find instructors that best fit your business environment.

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