Template:M summ 2002 ISDA Indemnifiable Tax
Negatives, negatives, everywhere
Without wishing to be overly negative[1], this one truly comes from the "wow" file in indefensible drafting:
- ... other than a tax which would not be imposed but for...
Not only a triple negative, but since ISDA’s definition of Tax already contains a negative (being any tax that isn’t a Stamp Tax) and “Indemnifiable Tax” is itself often used in the negative (e.g. “a tax which is not an Indemnifiable Tax”) — or even double negative (e.g. “other than a tax which is not an Indemnifiable Tax”) in the body of the ISDA Master Agreement. That makes it a sextuple negative. Beat that ISLA.
- ↑ All right, I do wish to be overly negative. It’s in my nature.