Mark Adler: publications



Book Publication and other details
[Clarity for Lawyers, 2nd edn] The Law Society, London, 2006
xxii and 200 pages; paperback
234 mm x 156 mm
£29.95
ISBN 1 85328 985 X



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Extract from the typescript: The purpose of this book

Typescript contents page

What the critics said about the 1st edition

Foreword to the 2nd edition (by Lord Bingham of Cornhill)

What the critics have said about the 2nd edition



I am waiting for feedback (as suggested in the book) to stimulate a discussion page here.

Selected articles Previously published
Obtaining by deception Law Quarterly Review, 1974
Bamboozling the public New Law Journal, 26 July 1991
Scribes Journal of Legal Writing, Vol 9 (2003-04)
British lawyers' attitudes to plain English Clarity 28, August 1993
Alphabet soup The Law Society's Gazette, November 1993
Tried and tested: the myth behind the cliché Clarity 34, January 1996
Drafting snippets Clarity 34, January 1996
Better drafting (a will extract) Clarity 36, August 1996
Better drafting (a court order) Clarity 40, August 1997
Solicitors' negligence: who pays? Solicitors Journal, 30 January 1998
Better drafting (a statement of claim) Clarity 41, April 1998
Eggbound Clarity 41, April 1998
Clear legal writing (for judges) Journal of the District Judges' Association c. 2000

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Last updated: 16 May 2008