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====But isn’t this an easier catch-all?==== | ====But isn’t this an easier catch-all?==== | ||
“But”, yon lazy [[mediocre lawyer|attorney]] wails, “adopting that approach means we have to write in a standard of care to every obligation under the contract! As a plain English denizen you can’t really want that? Surely | “But”, yon lazy [[mediocre lawyer|attorney]] wails, “adopting that approach means we have to write in a standard of care to every obligation under the contract! As a plain English denizen you can’t really want that? Surely it’s easier to carve it out!” | ||
But a contract is meant to stipulate what you are expected to do. For some obligations, a “reasonable standard of care” rider is not appropriate. The payment of money, for example. | But a contract is meant to stipulate what you are expected to do. For some obligations, a “reasonable standard of care” rider is not appropriate. The payment of money, for example. | ||