9 B. How the law itself enforces clarity

1. Contra proferentem: ambiguity is construed against the drafter — the legal system's tax on bad drafting. Plain drafting is therefore risk management. 2. Interpretation rules prefer sensible, clear readings (the golden rule; harmonious construction — Legal Method, Unit 4) — obscurity invites judicial correction, never drafter's victory. 3. Statutory mandates: consumer law in many jurisdictions requires plain, intelligible language in consumer contracts and policies (EU; India's insurance jurisprudence; consumer-protection statutes generally). 4. Courts praise and prefer clarity: famous judges (Lord Denning's readable style; the US plain-English judgments; Nepal's own tradition of accessible Nepali judgments) — readable advocacy is more persuasive advocacy.