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We can tease, but [[Ken Adams|Mr. Adams]] ploughs a lonely furrow, single-handedly taking the fight for elegant drafting to his countrymen and women. As he goes, he is by necessity surrounded by attorneys whose favourite language game is complicating simple ideas. The [[efficient language hypothesis]] is a cruel joke. You get the sense Mr. Adams suspects it might have been played on him, personally. | We can tease, but [[Ken Adams|Mr. Adams]] ploughs a lonely furrow, single-handedly taking the fight for elegant drafting to his countrymen and women. As he goes, he is by necessity surrounded by attorneys whose favourite language game is complicating simple ideas. The [[efficient language hypothesis]] is a cruel joke. You get the sense Mr. Adams suspects it might have been played on him, personally. | ||
So, we are grateful to Mr. Adams, and full-bloodedly raise our glass in salute to him — it is no small matter to dedicate 27 pages to why one should write “states” rather than “represents and warrants” in a [[contract]] and, even then, not entirely make out your case<ref>Interested readers can enjoy Mr. Adams’ disquisition [https://www.adamsdrafting.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Adams-Eliminating-the-Phrase-Represents-and-Warrants-from-Contracts.pdf 27-page here]</ref> — but it’s a sound ice-breaker should you be stuck next to someone dull at the ABA’s annual contract draftsperson’s gala dinner, as has happened to the [[JC]] before.<ref>Of course, | So, we are grateful to Mr. Adams, and full-bloodedly raise our glass in salute to him — it is no small matter to dedicate 27 pages to why one should write “states” rather than “represents and warrants” in a [[contract]] and, even then, not entirely make out your case<ref>Interested readers can enjoy Mr. Adams’ disquisition [https://www.adamsdrafting.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Adams-Eliminating-the-Phrase-Represents-and-Warrants-from-Contracts.pdf 27-page here]</ref> — but it’s a sound ice-breaker should you be stuck next to someone dull at the ABA’s annual contract draftsperson’s gala dinner, as has happened to the [[JC]] before.<ref>Of course, I am kidding. You don’t honestly think the JC would be seen dead at an ABA gala dinner, do you?</ref> | ||
Mr. Adams has able, if [[tedious]], views on the appropriateness of the word “[[shall]]” in contractual drafting. | |||
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*[[Representations and warranties]] | *[[Representations and warranties]] | ||