Courtroom Prayers A Handbook On Legal Drafting

About the Book : Judgement writing is an art, and so is the drafting of legal petitions. Good drafting impresses the judges, clients, and opponents alike. This book is an attempt to provide basic support to junior lawyers in drafting pleadings for the Court. It goes a step ahead with many landmark judgments being quoted and relevant paragraphs produced at appropriate places in briefs set out herein. We have pleasure in putting this book in the hands of junior lawyers to give them an idea about how to draft petitions, applications, appeals, and various related legal pleadings. This book contains vital drafting materials from the trial Court to the Supreme Court. The author has tried to compile her legal drafts with milestone judgments of the Supreme Court of India and various other High Courts for the benefit of the new entrants to the legal field. About the Author: Anita Bafna started her career as a trial Court lawyer in Mumbai and later went on to become an Advocate-on-Record with the Supreme Court of India. She has been a column writer for many newspapers on legal subjects. YouTube channel is one more endeavour of hers to enlighten junior lawyers about legal acumen and make them familiar with the Court craft. Her vast experience as a trial Court lawyer can be seen in her pleadings and presentation of legal documents which gives clarity about the facts, grounds, law points, and logic applied in simple yet powerful ways while defending her clients. Her journey as an attorney will inspire you to reach the highest Court in our country.

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The principles of form, style, directness, brevity essential to good drafting.

Pleadings Without Tears has become established as one of the most successful books on practical legal drafting in the context of litigation. This new eighth edition is fully updated to take account of Civil Procedure Rule (CPR) changes since the last edition. The book takes a practical and insightful look at the subject of legal drafting, enabling the reader to become more confident in approaching this often unnecessarily daunting subject. It focuses on core skills and fundamental rules while clearly addressing each stage of the process and goes beyond a straightforward setting out of the precedents and authorities relevant to statements of case. It gives clear examples of how to set out relevant matters with clarity and precision and encourages the reader to give full consideration to concise and clear identification of the subject matter of the action, the issues of the case and the parties' respective positions in respect to those issues. With a wealth of practical examples and anecdotes - and illustrated throughout with cartoons - the light and entertaining style, combined with detailed analysis and explanation, enables the reader to easily acquire a good understanding of drafting.

In the second edition of this highly regarded text, the authors show how and why traditional legal language has developed the peculiar characteristics that make legal documents inaccessible to the end users. Incorporating recent research and case law, the book provides a critical examination of case law and the rules of interpretation. Detailed case studies illustrate how obtuse or outdated words, phrases and concepts can be rewritten, reworked or removed altogether. Particularly useful is the step-by-step guide to drafting in the modern style, using examples from four types of common legal documents: leases, company constitutions, wills and conveyances. Readers will gain an appreciation of the historical influences on drafting practice and the use of legal terminology. They will learn about the current moves to reform legal language, and receive clear instruction on how to make their writing clearer and their legal documents more useful.