Britain’s ancient statute book

Posted in Articles, Books by WordstoDeeds

This week a report produced jointly by the Law Commission for England & Wales (LCEW) and the Scottish Law Commission recommends repealing more than 800 pieces of legislation dating from the 14th century onwards in order, according to LCEW chairman Sir James Munby, “to simplify and modernise our law, making it more intelligible. It saves time and costs for lawyers and others who need to know what the law actually is, and makes it easier for citizens to access justice. We are committed to ridding the statute book of meaningless provisions from days gone by and making sure our laws are relevant to the modern world.”

Here’s where the fun starts, though – some of those laws include:

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4Apr2012

WordstoDeeds update

Posted in News by WordstoDeeds

This post is just to let you know about a few small changes around here.

First of all, the blog’s banner name has switched around – as you can see at the top of the page. It seems to fit in better with how people refer to the blog and with the URL (thanks Ken). I hope you agree!

Second, I have now created a Scoop.it topic for articles that might be of interest to readers of this blog, relating to legal translation. You can find it here: http://www.scoop.it/t/legal-translation. It won’t be updated every day, just when I find news items that I think are relevant.

For those who might not have discovered it yet, Scoop.it enables anyone to quickly and easily create a sort of personalized magazine.

The articles will not overlap with blog posts, but hopefully be a complement to the blog for those who are interested.

Lastly, I’m sure most people know about the Twitter feed, but just in case: http://twitter.com/#!/wordstodeeds. I tend to tweet small useful bits of information I come across, and new posts from this blog are automatically tweeted too.

2Apr2012

Monday smiles – The sky is blue

Posted in Monday smiles by WordstoDeeds

Well, for those of us in the northern hemisphere, Spring certainly seems to have sprung.

In keeping with these lovely weather conditions, I offer you this classic text by Daniel R. White, from his book Trials and Tribulations, Appealing Legal Humor. I just love it.

Click here to access a PDF on the publisher’s website. You may like the ‘Principles of Legal Writing’ on the third page too.

Enjoy!