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So WHAT THE HELL IS “INCLUDING A WRITING EVIDENCED BY A FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION” MEANT TO ADD? What even is “a” writing? But, readers, this brief sentence gets only worse. ''Then'' it says “'''AND''' executed by each of the parties” — so what, are you saying you have to get them to sign your fax copy?
So WHAT THE HELL IS “INCLUDING A WRITING EVIDENCED BY A FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION” MEANT TO ADD? What even is “a” writing? But, readers, this brief sentence gets only worse. ''Then'' it says “'''AND''' executed by each of the parties” — so what, are you saying you have to get them to sign your fax copy, or re-transmit it over a [[telex]]?


And note, despite what you might think, [[email]] does not count as an electronic messaging system. So a waiver of a [[NAV trigger|NAV Trigger]] by emails is not strictly possible. Though of course waivers unsupported by consideration are generally revocable on fair notice under English law anyway.
And note, ''[[email]] does not count as an [[electronic messaging system]]''. I know it seems odd, but that is the unambiguous text in the definition of “[[electronic messaging system]]”. So a waiver of a [[NAV trigger|NAV Trigger]] by email, even by an exchange of emails, are not strictly enforceable. Though of course waivers unsupported by consideration are generally revocable on fair notice under English law anyway.


As a result {{icds}} can pat itself on the back for having inserted as long ago as 1992 what, at the time, was an unnecessary clause but which turned out to anticipate a rather woeful decision of the Supreme Court in 2018.  
As a result {{icds}} can pat itself on the back for having inserted as long ago as 1992 what, at the time, was an unnecessary clause but which turned out to anticipate a rather woeful decision of the Supreme Court in 2018.  


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