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If you play fast and loose with the form of execution, especially for deeds, you risk your contract failing altogether. | If you play fast and loose with the form of execution, especially for deeds, you risk your contract failing altogether. | ||
====Law Society guidance==== | ====Law Society guidance==== | ||
Now you might say this is just lawyers executing the “[[chicken licken]]” line-out call and collapsing to the turf clutching their face — JC would not disagree with you — but there is some Law Society guidance, [[ | Now you might say this is just lawyers executing the “[[chicken licken]]” line-out call and collapsing to the turf clutching their face — JC would not disagree with you — but there is some Law Society guidance, [[Media:Guidance on the Execution of Documents.pdf|here]], to help you through the night. It is lengthy, turgid, qualified, studded with disclaimers and only gets to the point with great reluctance. | ||
''Mercury'' is an unappealed first-instance decision. You sense, the legal fraternity is — rightly, in JC’s opinion — a bit ''dark'' about it. The leading case remains the century-old Court of Appeal decision of {{cite|Koenigsblatt|Sweet|1923|2 Ch|314}}. | ''Mercury'' is an unappealed first-instance decision. You sense, the legal fraternity is — rightly, in JC’s opinion — a bit ''dark'' about it. The leading case remains the century-old Court of Appeal decision of {{cite|Koenigsblatt|Sweet|1923|2 Ch|314}}. |