ABSTRACT
Many subjects will demand a technical treatment and also presentation for non-technical, often senior, readerships. Lord Robens has written 'Communications should be swift enough for decisions to be taken and implemented quickly. They must be accurate and simple enough to survive their passage through the organisation. Legal writing poses a particular problem. The need to follow precedent and to avoid risky flirtations with novel forms of words frequently runs counter to producing documents which can be easily understood. A good definition will always consist of two parts and sometimes of four: Always: what it is, Always: What it does, Sometimes: Where or when it does it, and Sometimes: How it does it. A non-technical version should avoid technical terminology, but if it is necessary to use technical terms they should be defined in a Glossary.
