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===Are you, like, ''sure''?=== | ===Are you, like, ''sure''?=== | ||
It is fun counting the client bulletins that say “while a counterparts clause may not be strictly necessary, it ''is'' [[best practice]].” Not for long, but for about five minutes. Then you realise they all say this. | It is fun counting the client bulletins that say “while a counterparts clause may not be strictly necessary, it ''is'' [[best practice]].” Not for long, but for about five minutes. Then you realise they ''all'' say this. But it ''isn''’t best practice. It is ''stupid'' practice. It is feeble, lawyering by rote. It is not-quite-[[premium mediocre]]. | ||
''Normal'' contracts — even spicy ones, like [[deed]]s<ref>See [http://www.osborneclarke.com/insights/signed-sealed-delivered-execution-of-deeds-and-documents-and-how-it-might-go-wrong/ Osborne Clarke] as authority for this.</ref> — ''do not need a counterparts clause''. | ''Normal'' contracts — even spicy ones, like [[deed]]s<ref>See [http://www.osborneclarke.com/insights/signed-sealed-delivered-execution-of-deeds-and-documents-and-how-it-might-go-wrong/ Osborne Clarke] as authority for this.</ref> — ''do not need a counterparts clause''. |