Day: June 4, 2004
Punctuation and plain English for lawyers
Punctuation is a touchy subject for some lawyers of the old school; indeed good legal drafting was based on the premise that one should not use puntuation at all. Thankfully, most have deserted that position and would agree that punctuation “has always been offered in a spirit of helpfulness, to underline meaning and prevent awkward […]
e-Envoy out; e-Government Unit in
On 3 June the Office of the e-Envoy metamorphosed into the e-Government Unit of the Cabinet Office (with some functions transferred to the Treasury Office of Government Commerce) in preparation for Ian Watmore taking up the headship of the unit in September. Andrew Pinder, the former e-Envoy, exited with the job done: “96% of the […]
