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# '''Be written in plain language'''<br/>The information in this resource provides should be as accessible as possible, save that it mustn't ever be inaccurate. It should use colloquial, everyday language. It should avoid lawyer’s jargon. It should use humour to lighten up the subject matter, and metaphor to better explain it. | # '''Be written in plain language'''<br/>The information in this resource provides should be as accessible as possible, save that it mustn't ever be inaccurate. It should use colloquial, everyday language. It should avoid lawyer’s jargon. It should use humour to lighten up the subject matter, and metaphor to better explain it. | ||
# '''Be up-to-date and accurate'''<br/>The information should be timely and accurate, within reason and practicality. | # '''Be up-to-date and accurate'''<br/>The information should be timely and accurate, within reason and practicality. | ||
# '''Be opinionated'''<br/>The information shouldn't just describe the law and available legal options to readers, but be prescriptive and recommendatory, when being prescriptive and recommendatory is appropriate. To some extent this will be an expression of policy and preference, but if a particular available | # '''Be opinionated'''<br/>The information shouldn't just describe the law and available legal options to readers, but be prescriptive and recommendatory, when being prescriptive and recommendatory is appropriate. To some extent this will be an expression of policy and preference, but if a particular available course of action is ill-advised, the resource should say so.<nowiki>*</nowiki> | ||
# '''Promote good behaviour in the justice system'''<br/>The information should promote the overall functioning of the family justice system by promoting behaviours, choices and strategies that are helpful and facilitate the resolution of disputes while discouraging those which do not and, in particular, behaviours that degrade the efficiency of court registry services as well as chambers and trial processes. | # '''Promote good behaviour in the justice system'''<br/>The information should promote the overall functioning of the family justice system by promoting behaviours, choices and strategies that are helpful and facilitate the resolution of disputes while discouraging those which do not and, in particular, behaviours that degrade the efficiency of court registry services as well as chambers and trial processes. | ||
# '''Be available for saving, sharing, reusing and redistributing'''<br/>The information should be broadly shareable and shared. Sharing and redistribution should be encouraged on the conditions that the source of the information be identified and that any subsequent reuse not be for a commercial purpose. Readers should be easily able to copy, save and store the information in the formats that best meet their needs. | # '''Be available for saving, sharing, reusing and redistributing'''<br/>The information should be broadly shareable and shared. Sharing and redistribution should be encouraged on the conditions that the source of the information be identified and that any subsequent reuse not be for a commercial purpose. Readers should be easily able to copy, save and store the information in the formats that best meet their needs. | ||
