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}}We are eternally grateful to Ms Van der Leyen and the magnificent [[legal eagle|legal eagles]] in the employ of Astrazeneca for making plain the torture we commercial lawyers endure daily — torture of prose, patience, and common sense — as we quietly, diligently birth commercial legal agreements that shelter an ungrateful public from harm. No-one banged pots for ''us''. | }}We are eternally grateful to Ms Van der Leyen and the magnificent [[legal eagle|legal eagles]] in the employ of Astrazeneca for making plain the torture we commercial lawyers endure daily — torture of prose, patience, and common sense — as we quietly, diligently birth commercial legal agreements that shelter an ungrateful public from harm. No-one banged pots for ''us''. | ||
These ''eminence grises'' have, too, opened up a new | These ''eminence grises'' have, too, opened up a new route on the rock-face of [[Epistemology|epistemological]] doubt that besets my learned friends and I. You would think, after all this time, that particular mountain would be tamed by now, wouldn’t you? To be sure, mostly it is — the pitch has a smooth, [[entropic]] flatness suitable only for skilfully tedious [[legal eagle]]s to nest in. | ||
So this is special: this is like finding a new, hitherto unseen ''direttissima''; a hidden chimney; a traverse of the gods. Exit cracks leading, we hope, to the summit of Mount [[Certainty]] and not a death bivouac. | So this is special: this is like finding a new, hitherto unseen ''direttissima''; a hidden chimney; a traverse of the gods. Exit cracks leading, we hope, to the summit of Mount [[Certainty]] and not a death bivouac. | ||
So what is this new face? We have all heard of “best efforts”: you must pull out all the stops. It must be a blinder. You must leave everything on the pitch. | So what is this new face? We have all heard of “best efforts”: you must pull out all the stops. It must be a blinder. You must leave everything on the pitch, but no-one expects you to be a superhero. | ||
We have all heard of “reasonable endeavours”, too. That is a softer commitment. It admits of ''some'' mortal weakness and human frailty, but at least requires a jolly good old go. | We have all heard of “reasonable endeavours”, too. That is a softer commitment. It admits of ''some'' mortal weakness and human frailty, but at least requires a jolly good old go. | ||
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*[[Best efforts]] | |||
*[[Gross negligence]] and its related concept, [[worst reasonable efforts]] | |||
*[[Commercially reasonable manner]] | *[[Commercially reasonable manner]] | ||
*[[Bob Cunis]] | *[[Bob Cunis]] | ||
{{c|paradox}} | {{c|paradox}} | ||
{{ | {{Friday Philosophy|29/1/21}} | ||