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E133 - Ken Adams: A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting 5th edn. (Interview)
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🗒️ About this episode:
Ken Adams, the leading authority on contract drafting language, tells us about his A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting now in its 5th edition.
Ken tells us about some key additions to this book, including information about the words 'material', 'consequential damages', and 'including'. I also share my opinion as to why every legal English learner who deals with contracts should get a copy of this book.
🙏This podcast is free to help people around the world. Please help support me and the podcast with a donation.
📙Episode links
- Website page
- The Word Material Is Ambiguous in Contracts, Why That’s a Problem, and How to Fix It
- A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting, Fifth Edition
- Ken Adams' blog
- Limitation-of-Liability Overkill blog post
🥇Learn legal English
- Take a legal English class or course
- Sign up for my site membership
- Buy my book: Practical English Language Skills for Lawyers
- Get italki credit for English classes
📣 Connect with me
Chapters
1. INTRODUCTION (00:00:00)
2. HOW KEN FEELS ABOUT THE NEW EDITION (00:02:33)
3. LOUISE'S OPINION ABOUT WHY THE BOOK IS HELPFUL (00:07:00)
4. KEN'S DISCUSSION OF 'MATERIAL' (00:10:36)
5. KEN'S DISCUSSION OF 'CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES' (00:25:05)
6. KEN'S DISCUSSION OF 'INCLUDING' (00:29:08)
7. WHY KEN IS THE ONLY ONE DOING THIS KIND OF WRITING (00:33:33)
8. KEN'S CONTRACT DRAFTING TRAINING (00:37:41)
9. KEN'S HOPES FOR THE FUTURE (00:41:51)
10. KEN'S TRAIN THE TRAINER SESSIONS (00:48:03)
11. KEN'S VIEWS ON AI (00:52:24)
12. ENDING (00:59:07)
149 episodes
Manage episode 367362407 series 2453173
🗒️ About this episode:
Ken Adams, the leading authority on contract drafting language, tells us about his A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting now in its 5th edition.
Ken tells us about some key additions to this book, including information about the words 'material', 'consequential damages', and 'including'. I also share my opinion as to why every legal English learner who deals with contracts should get a copy of this book.
🙏This podcast is free to help people around the world. Please help support me and the podcast with a donation.
📙Episode links
- Website page
- The Word Material Is Ambiguous in Contracts, Why That’s a Problem, and How to Fix It
- A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting, Fifth Edition
- Ken Adams' blog
- Limitation-of-Liability Overkill blog post
🥇Learn legal English
- Take a legal English class or course
- Sign up for my site membership
- Buy my book: Practical English Language Skills for Lawyers
- Get italki credit for English classes
📣 Connect with me
Chapters
1. INTRODUCTION (00:00:00)
2. HOW KEN FEELS ABOUT THE NEW EDITION (00:02:33)
3. LOUISE'S OPINION ABOUT WHY THE BOOK IS HELPFUL (00:07:00)
4. KEN'S DISCUSSION OF 'MATERIAL' (00:10:36)
5. KEN'S DISCUSSION OF 'CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES' (00:25:05)
6. KEN'S DISCUSSION OF 'INCLUDING' (00:29:08)
7. WHY KEN IS THE ONLY ONE DOING THIS KIND OF WRITING (00:33:33)
8. KEN'S CONTRACT DRAFTING TRAINING (00:37:41)
9. KEN'S HOPES FOR THE FUTURE (00:41:51)
10. KEN'S TRAIN THE TRAINER SESSIONS (00:48:03)
11. KEN'S VIEWS ON AI (00:52:24)
12. ENDING (00:59:07)
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