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1 Sparke Helmore has offices in Sydney, Newcastle, Muswellbrook, Canberra, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth with a staff exceeding 500.
2 TAFE NSW is the major provider of tertiary vocational education in NSW
3 Lord Denning cited in Clarity no 44, 1999, at 33
4 Kirby M, ‘Lord Denning and Judicial Activism’ January 23, 1999 http://www.lawfoundation.net.au/resources/kirby/papers/19990123_denj.html 20/08/2002 at 11
5 Melinkoff D, cited in Whiteman L , ‘Management: Raising the Bar on Legal Writing’, June 6, 2000 http://www.law.com/jsp/statearchive.jsp?type=Article&oldid=ZZZ43CST49C 20/08/2002 at 3
6 Butt P and Castle R, Modern Legal Drafting, Cambridge University Press, 2001 at 3
7 Asprey M, ‘Lawyers prefer plain language, survey finds’ (1994) 32 (10) Law Society Journal at 76
8 Kimble cited in Fleischer M, ‘Herein the Said Answer’ 2000 http://www.law.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/ 17/07/2000 at 2
9 Mark Twain cited in Tyler C, ‘Humor in the Workplace?’ 1997 http://www.eeicommunications.com/eye/humor.htm; 11/10/2000 at 2
10 Note 9 at 1.
11 Balmford C, ‘Plain Language: beyond a ‘movement’’ paper presented to Language & the Law Conference, University of Texas, Austin 2001 at 15-16
12 Dunstone S, A Practical Guide to Drafting Pleadings, LBC Information Services, Sydney, 1996 at 41-42
13 Butt P, ‘Why Can’t Conveyancers Use Plain Language?’ (1993) 31(10) Law Society Journal at 47-48
14 Tupman S, Why Lawyers Eat Bananas, Simon Tupman Presentations Pty Ltd, Byron Bay, 2000 at 123
15 Law Society Journal February 2002 Vol 40 no 1 at 93-94
16 King S, On Writing-A Memoir of the Craft, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 2001 at 143
17 Note 2 at 17
18 Note 11 at 16
19 Note Fleisher at 1
20 Heerey P, Storytelling, Postmodernism and the Law, 2000, Oct Vol 74 The Australian Law Journal at 74
21 Asprey MM, Plain Language for Lawyers, 2nd Ed, Federation Press, Sydney, 1996 at 9
22 Note 16 at 137
23 Note 12 at 41-42
24 Turner C, Australian Commercial Law. 23rd Ed, LBC Information Services, Sydney,2001 at 247
25 Note 21 at 155
26 Note 21 at 155
27 Note 16 at 129-130
28 Power Phillips, P.C. Attorneys at Law home page http://www.ppbfh.com.index.htm 05/08/2002
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30 McElhaney JW, ‘Good Words for Writing’ 2002 (May) ABA Journal 50 at 50
31 Garner BA, Legal Writing in Plain English, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2001 at 50
32 Note 31 at 50

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