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There is a school of thought (though it may have but [[Amwell J|one student]]) that the central inquiry in any English court can be boiled down to the following simple question: “Who, in the sequence of events with which the court is concerned, was being the biggest dick?” | There is a school of thought (though it may have but [[Amwell J|one student]]) that the central inquiry in any English court can be boiled down to the following simple question: “Who, in the sequence of events with which the court is concerned, was being the biggest dick?” | ||
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Don’t be a penis, in Latin.
A handy rule when drafting a contract, negotiating one, reading one, going on tour, treating people you meet in your travels, and in life generally.
Be a good egg, and everything usually works out for the best.
There is a school of thought (though it may have but one student) that the central inquiry in any English court can be boiled down to the following simple question: “Who, in the sequence of events with which the court is concerned, was being the biggest dick?”
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