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{{a|pe|}}A kind of evil twin to “[[notwithstanding anything to the contrary hereinbefore contained]]”, “'''subject to'''...” is special kind of throat-clearing paddery | {{a|pe|}}A kind of evil twin to “[[notwithstanding anything to the contrary hereinbefore contained]]”, “'''subject to'''...” is special kind of throat-clearing paddery: any preamble prefaced this way or its flannelesque variants — “subject ''always'' to”; “subject to any provisions herein to the contrary”; “subject to agreement to the contrary”; that kind of thing — speaks to nervousness about one’s own drafting, or worse, nervousness about the sacred right of merchants to make and adjust their commercial arrangements as they see fit — the latter needlessly egged on by the perverse ruling in {{casenote|Rock Advertising Limited|MWB Business Exchange Centres Limited}} as to the legal effect of [[no oral modification]] clauses. | ||
Wherefore “subject ''always'' to”? Well, to easily disturbed minds, it shuts a door that less fulsomely-expressed contingencies might have left open. Could “subject to ~” be read as to imply things are only “subject ''sometimes'' to ~” — yes, yes: the plain-speakers among you will surely cavill at such limp-mindedness, and the [[JC]] would be at your shoulder if you did so, but if you can think of a better rationale for that “always” than such pedantry, your imagination is more gruesome than ours. | |||
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*[[No oral modification]] and {{casenote|Rock Advertising Limited|MWB Business Exchange Centres Limited}} | *[[No oral modification]] and {{casenote|Rock Advertising Limited|MWB Business Exchange Centres Limited}} | ||
*[[Notwithstanding anything to the contrary hereinbefore contained]] | *[[Notwithstanding anything to the contrary hereinbefore contained]] | ||