Author: Alistair Vigier

Have you ever noticed how lawyers act like it’s some radical experiment every time a judge wants to write in plain language like a normal person? It’s wild. Legal writing is famous for being dense and unreadable. However, it becomes an academic debate when someone dares to make a judgment clear. Shouldn’t this be the norm? Why is clarity disruptive in an industry built on rules, fairness, and public service? The Rare Unicorn of Plain-English Judgments Take Justice Peter Jackson from the UK. A few years ago, instead of delivering a judgment packed with legalese, he wrote it as a letter—directly…