“JUMBLE OF WORDS”
“BUSINESS DOCUMENTS” COMMENT BY LAW LORD iln - the . course 1 of a judgment in the House of Lordh ILoMi Atkin commented mi the language used in business transactions and documents. “It- is a' popular' belief, •especially’ prevalent among lawyers,” he said, “that the efficient business man requires that obligations incurred in business should be expressed* in writing in simple, intelligible and unambiguous language. It is a belief encouraged by tlio sayings ol business men themselves. “But in practice nothing appears to be further from, the truth. Business men habitually adventure large sums of money on contracts which, tor the purpose of defining legal obligations, are a mere jumble of words. They trust lo inck or the good faith of the opposite party, with the comfortable assurance that any adverse result of litigation may bo attributed to the hair-splitting of lawyers and (bo uncertainty’ of. tho law. “Some day the ideal business man will appear, on whoso advent the' legal advisers of many contracting parties, including in particular shipowners and underwriters, will get. busy.”
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 1 August 1929, Page 7
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