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'''Disclaimers in a nutshell''': They do work, and can ward off [[negligent misstatement]]: {{casenote|Hedley Byrne|Heller}}.}}
'''Disclaimers in a nutshell''': They do work, and can ward off [[negligent misstatement]]: {{casenote|Hedley Byrne|Heller}}, reaffirmed recently in {{casenote|Walsh|Jones Lang Lasalle}}.}}


The burden of proof, so the philosophers say, is on the person making the existential claim. It is not for a defendant to [[prove]] a negative.
The burden of proof, so the philosophers say, is on the person making the existential claim. It is not for a defendant to [[prove]] a negative.
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