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Legal Writing & Drafting

1. Discuss the origin and use of plain English as a technique in legal writing. (5 marks)
2. Edit the following sentences to wit the separation of related words. Keep the subject, verb and object as close as possible at the beginning of the sentence:
3. i) Hustler in the course of his struggle to provide for his family accrued huge debts owed to his friends and business associates. (5 marks) ii) The allegations in the original petition that the first respondent was a morally bankrupt appointee unfit to hold public office was omitted in the amended petition. (5 marks)