Issue: Vol 168, Issue 7808

Dominic Regan takes on the urgent task of updating some legal terms & shares some early examples

With adjudication remaining a common method for resolving construction disputes, Digby Hebbard takes a look at the plus points & potential pitfalls

Can defendants assert litigation privilege over documents created for proceedings they controlled, but were not party to? Richard Highley & Annabel Walker report

What the doctor said: Charles Foster looks at developments in patient autonomy & causation

Lee Henderson reflects on important differences between enforcement orders & enforcement by committal

Testing, testing, one two three: Ian Smith rounds up a trio of cases which could echo through the courts in the coming years

Does solicitor-facilitated investment fraud threaten to undermine confidence in the profession, asks Christopher Burt

Lord Chancellor promises review of a system no longer ‘fit for purpose’

Ministry of Justice downplays rumours of no-fault divorce reform