Book	Publication and other details
	The Law Society, London, 2006 xxii and 200 pages; paperback 234 mm x 156 mm £29.95 ISBN 1 85328 985 X Buy now online (if tempted) from The Law Society bookshop. Publishers' summary The traditional style of legal drafting has been widely discredited over the last 40 years, and clear, modern English is now increasingly required by law and by clients. But few lawyers are able to produce it. Mark Adler debunks the myth that legalese is precise and explains, with many before-and-after examples, how lawyers can increase their efficiency, profits, and client approval while making their documents more reliable. This second edition is 'a treasure house' (according to Lord Bingham's foreword) and 'entertaining. More than once I was caught laughing out loud while reading it' (according to one reviewer). It has been thoroughly revised, updated and expanded to include new sections on ambiguity, vagueness, miscuing, and editing, as well as advice about communication via emails and websites, persuasive writing, and the rules of interpretation. The book also contains a helpful range of precedents written in plain English, including a simple will, memorandum of association, and divorce petition. Adler's entertaining style informed by his extensive experience in practice and teaching makes this a reader-friendly, practical, and insightful book.

Extract from the typescript: The purpose of this book	Typescript contents page	Foreword to the 2nd edition (by Lord Bingham of Cornhill)
What the critics said about the 1st edition	What the critics have said about the 2nd edition