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than is required'. But 'than is required' requires us to consider the particular purpose of the communication. The statute writer may argue that this form of drafting is, indeed, no more informative than is required, given the manner in which the drafting is likely to be used in court. It would be quite different if reliance could be placed, in the words of the Renton Committee, on 'the good offices of the reader'-if, that is, the reader were assumed to be 'co-
DOI link for than is required'. But 'than is required' requires us to consider the particular purpose of the communication. The statute writer may argue that this form of drafting is, indeed, no more informative than is required, given the manner in which the drafting is likely to be used in court. It would be quite different if reliance could be placed, in the words of the Renton Committee, on 'the good offices of the reader'-if, that is, the reader were assumed to be 'co-
than is required'. But 'than is required' requires us to consider the particular purpose of the communication. The statute writer may argue that this form of drafting is, indeed, no more informative than is required, given the manner in which the drafting is likely to be used in court. It would be quite different if reliance could be placed, in the words of the Renton Committee, on 'the good offices of the reader'-if, that is, the reader were assumed to be 'co-
ABSTRACT
Statutes written since the middle of the nineteenth century have largely avoided excessive pomposity, tedious cataloguing, and private jargon, maintaining a style that is formal enough for the serious purpose of a public Act yet not remote from the ordinary written usage of standard English.
