Plain English Awards

celebrate New Zealand's clearest communicators

Finalist: Best Plain English Legal Document 2017

Cavell Leitch


Document name

Property Sharing Agreement


Judges’ comments

Cavell Leitch has shown a commitment to improving the clarity of a consumer-focused contract.

Significant steps have been taken to improve the language. We encourage (Cavell Leitch) to continue their commitment to developing plain language contracts.


Media statement

Cavell Leitch’s mission is to help people succeed, brilliantly. A key cornerstone of that mission is for our advice to be easily understood through plain English writing. Partner Stephen Brent is leading the charge in this area, and we are very proud that his plain English Property Sharing Agreement has been recognised by the Plain English Awards.

Stephen Brent
Partner