Joining the recent crusade against verbosity within the profession is Bob Miller, associate at Fentons in Manchester. He tells Obiter that he detests it when lawyers use ‘the same’ instead of ‘it’, for example by writing, ‘We look forward to receiving the same’. ‘By return of post’ is a phrase that should be scrapped entirely, Bob suggests, and as for ‘Yours of the 17th ultimo refers’ – well, that really says it all. Readers can send their mot moans to Obiter.
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