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{{a|boilerplate|{{subtable|The classic formulation:<br>“This agreement is binding upon, and [[inure]]s to the benefit of, the parties and their respective permitted successors and assigns.”}}}}The JC’s love for the tedial minutiae of [[boilerplate]] is deep, but when it comes to pedagogical rigour, he is no match — there ''is'' no match, frankly — for the redoubtable [[Ken Adams]], author of {{br|A Manual of Style for the Drafting of Contacts}}. | {{a|boilerplate|{{subtable|The classic formulation:<br>“This agreement is binding upon, and [[inure]]s to the benefit of, the parties and their respective permitted successors and assigns.”}}}}The JC’s love for the tedial minutiae of [[boilerplate]] is deep, but when it comes to pedagogical rigour, he is no match — there ''is'' no match, frankly — for the redoubtable [[Ken Adams]], author of {{br|A Manual of Style for the Drafting of Contacts}}. | ||
Mr Adams’ violets don’t shrink. Not for him, the JC’s preferred MO of lazily dashing off a couple of sardonic paragraphs to mock the harmless | Mr Adams’ violets don’t shrink. Not for him, the JC’s preferred MO of lazily dashing off a couple of sardonic paragraphs to mock the harmless triteness of a time-worn legal catchphrase: Mr. Adams prefers the all-out frontal thermonuclear attack. His medium of choice: the peer-reviewed academic monograph. | ||
He did one about [[successors and assigns]] in the June 2013 issue of ''Which! Advocate'', and I cannot improve on it in any way, so simply [https://www.adamsdrafting.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Advocate-Successors-Assigns-June-July-2013.pdf commend it to you.] There are ''seven'' possible explanations for a successors and assigns clause, Mr. Adams patiently explains — five are set out in {{author|Tina L. Stark}}’s {{br|Negotiating and Drafting Contract Boilerplate}}: now ''there’s'' a dinner party of the spheres — and ''none'' of them make any sense. | He did one about [[successors and assigns]] in the June 2013 issue of ''Which! Advocate'', and I cannot improve on it in any way, so simply [https://www.adamsdrafting.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Advocate-Successors-Assigns-June-July-2013.pdf commend it to you.] There are ''seven'' possible explanations for a successors and assigns clause, Mr. Adams patiently explains — five are set out in {{author|Tina L. Stark}}’s {{br|Negotiating and Drafting Contract Boilerplate}}: now ''there’s'' a dinner party of the spheres — and ''none'' of them make any sense. | ||