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Burden of proof - bouncing back and forth
Funny how often in a lawsuit one party makes an allegation which is challenged by the other party, then comes a dispute as to which...

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Mar 19, 20202 min read


From knowing a legal term to writing top-end legal text
Reading a dictionary may give you the impression that terms exist alone, in isolation, barely related to anything but their meaning...

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Mar 18, 20202 min read


Maybe ... maybe not
These extremes of likelihood are also present in legal English, besides general English. Based on 16 years of analysing legal texts, I...

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Mar 18, 20202 min read


Acting as Don Quixote before the court?
I have always wondered when looking up terms in dictionaries and found a single term as an equivalent for the term sought, e.g. pro se:...

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Mar 18, 20201 min read


Synonyms and antonyms in legal English
You can say "Oh, come on, how could legal terms have synonyms and antonyms? Tell me then a synonym for the term ”foreclosure”, or an...

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Mar 18, 20201 min read


A Single Legal Term - with two opposing meanings
It is absolutely okay that a number of English words have more than one meaning (e.g. watch). It is also absolutely okay that a number of...

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Mar 18, 20203 min read


So how have native professionals learnt legal English in the first place?
It is always a good idea to learn from those we regard as top-end experts in our profession. Knowing how they have learnt legal English...

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Mar 12, 20205 min read


Grow Your Blog Community
With Wix Blog, you’re not only sharing your voice with the world, you can also grow an active online community. That’s why the Wix blog...

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Mar 7, 20201 min read
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