Legal Writing

This chapter covers the skill of legal writing in the context of business organisations, rules and procedures.Legal writing in this area is one of the skills that will be assessed on day three of the SQE2 written skills assessments (see the Introduction for more detail).You must consider who your client is and who your writing is directed towards.For example, if your client is a company and the recipient of your letter/email is one of the directors, you should be mindful of whether any content should be kept confidential and not disclosed to any of the other director(s).The same