Hilary Muza 
There is a common perception among members of the public that lawyers, just like doctors have a notoriety for wanting to be not understood.
For doctors, their inclination to employ incomprehensible medical verbiage is understandable, because not much of their literature is for public consumption.
However, for lawyers, the age old propensity to employ foreign lingo, especially Latin, as well as repetition, bamboozle and tongue-twisting and confusing phrases is unpardonable because the law is there to serve the public and the law must always be readily understood by any ordinary, average literate man.
How many people have been discouraged from reading significant court judgments, or statutes because such documents will be crafted in burdensome, intricate and detailed form? How many individuals have out of interest attempted to acquaint themselves with procedural rules but have been repelled by the enormity of the task of comprehending them?
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