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font-size: x-large;">Dear John,</span><p></p><div class="container" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px auto; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 940px;"><p style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">I admit that I am a good communicator, but to label me a gossip is both hurtful and defamatory. I am a caring person and if I do pass on information it is for the good of the community, even if it turns out to be wrong. Alternatively, it is entertaining tittle tattle. Surely the law is not taking away the basic right of a chat between acquaintances, however distant?</span></p><p style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">(name and address withheld)</span></p><p style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Dear Enquirer,</span></p><p style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">The victims of gossip, understandably, often turn out to have no sense of humour about it at all.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">If you have gone too far, a quick apology, given and accepted, is the best course of action for all parties. The alternative is to wait and see if the victim will sue you for defamation which can be a successful strategy, depending on the seriousness of your defamatory statements. Lawyers and probably spouses can help even stubborn people to assess the stupidity of their statements.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">You could claim “qualified privilege” in that you acted reasonably, not recklessly in making the defamatory statements even if they turned out to be wrong. A court will consider if it was your duty to make the statement e.g. a member of your staff had a terrible secret, or it was in the public interest e.g. your mother-in-law is an axe murderer. The person you tell must also have a need to know. For instance, your mother-in-law’s next door neighbour probably does not need to know about your employee’s secret but may find it useful to know about your mother-in-law.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">You must act sensibly and check your source. If it is someone who is unreliable or is as big a gossip as you, then it may be best not to pass it on, especially if it will have serious consequences e.g. your mother-in-law’s arrest, detention and trial, even if she is eventually acquitted. Consider instead, confronting the accused person as people often get the wrong end of the stick.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">If all else fails, there may be a few gossips on the jury who would empathize with you and quickly decide that you are blameless. But I would not count on it.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">J.F.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">*Letter reproduced with the kind permission of estate of John Fytit, legal agony aunt.</p></div><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Extract from </b><a href="https://www.lawanddisorder.com.au/AWPP_book.html" style="border: 0px; color: #253a7b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><b><em style="border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">"The Art of War, Peace & Palaver: The Contentious Guide to Legal Disputes"</em></b><b> </b></a></p><div class="container" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px auto; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 940px;"><hr style="background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border: 0px; clear: both; color: #d9d9d9; height: 1px; margin: 5px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;" /><hr style="background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border: 0px; clear: both; color: #d9d9d9; height: 1px; margin: 5px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;" /><a href="https://www.brennanlaw.com.au/index.html" style="border: 0px; color: #253a7b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><img align="Baseline" alt="" border="0" height="107" src="http://www.lawanddisorder.com.au/brennan.jpg" style="border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="" width="184" /></a></div><div class="container" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px auto; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 940px;"><a href="http://www.brennanlaw.com.au/about.html" style="border: 0px; color: #253a7b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">© Paul.Brennan 2010-2018. 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font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyCmWXBymR2-Q6Uz4IyjGIZO8gnGtYYN9HqsU6sBf5tRQGfc7auY65yA8BCFw741psPqJ_61r7YJR8h2OWcX5R0bTCwGd84bY4vnCRzkl3U4_LbCL35wD8zf1l6Jo2vJ_MsHyzfrg6dHI/s600/AOWpodcastsq.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyCmWXBymR2-Q6Uz4IyjGIZO8gnGtYYN9HqsU6sBf5tRQGfc7auY65yA8BCFw741psPqJ_61r7YJR8h2OWcX5R0bTCwGd84bY4vnCRzkl3U4_LbCL35wD8zf1l6Jo2vJ_MsHyzfrg6dHI/w252-h252/AOWpodcastsq.jpg" width="252" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">If there was an Oscar for the best criminal defence ever it would go to what I know as, the “Jump Up” defence.</span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #666666; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Imagine that you are a criminal. You have just stolen a TV and you are carrying it down the street. A policeman catches you red-handed. Being a criminal, you say nothing. At your trial you say that you were walking along the road when a man said to you, ”Do you want to make some cash?". Being out of work, you agreed. The man told you to pick up a TV and follow him. You were following him with the TV when the policeman stopped you.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #666666; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">In criminal trials, the prosecution must prove the case beyond reasonable doubt so that the jury is sure. Juries often give the defendant the benefit of the doubt especially where the Jump Up defence is used.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #666666; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">So why doesn’t everyone plead clever defences like the Jump Up? </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #666666; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Well, defence lawyers are not able to assist their clients (even a little bit) in concocting untrue defences and although defendants often learn basic defence strategy in prison, some display a marked lack of creativity. After all, they can’t all have brilliant criminal minds; if they were that smart at school they would now be bank managers.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #666666; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">What lawyers will not do, is represent you in a not guilty plea to the court if they know that you are guilty. I have had to work with some lousy, implausible defences over the years, but some have turned out to be true—so you never know. The only way for your lawyer to be sure that you are guilty, is for you to tell him.<br /><br /><br /><b style="color: black;">© Paul Brennan 2006-2018. All rights Reserved.</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #666666; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b style="color: black;">Extract from </b><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2181610837855538382/627699556541817967#" style="color: #92c13c; text-decoration-line: none;"><b style="color: black;"><em>"The Art of War, Peace & Palaver: The Contentious Guide to Legal Disputes"</em></b></a><b style="color: black;"> </b></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">See www.lawanddisorder.com.au</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Birtinya, Sunshine Coast, Queensland -26.7466819 153.1189741-55.056915736178844 117.9627241 1.5635519361788468 -171.7247759tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680890197486532403.post-49092791849218670642021-07-08T16:30:00.004+10:002022-03-09T14:15:38.498+10:00I was there<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQve_n7ULEm6TuUxzlVgQ1vgqxcNLvrlspgwoQNzNHsXW9WDUXqeMlG7RmFlYJrDqBw9sufimFaAyx5M-zsQGjIldEGFTDXzOYiIhvF0W0ZdSC9l_lCHV6Nky6JyRF9ilH_0k7gAdNR2c/s1000/Law+logo+R+inst.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQve_n7ULEm6TuUxzlVgQ1vgqxcNLvrlspgwoQNzNHsXW9WDUXqeMlG7RmFlYJrDqBw9sufimFaAyx5M-zsQGjIldEGFTDXzOYiIhvF0W0ZdSC9l_lCHV6Nky6JyRF9ilH_0k7gAdNR2c/w256-h256/Law+logo+R+inst.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I
gave a speech at the Hong Kong Rugby Union Annual Dinner. It was a
black-tie affair.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">
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<span class="apple-style-span">As I started, I could see that of the </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">six hundred<span style="color: black;"> strong audience,
some were milling around at the back, but in the middle behind a long table
spanning horizontally across the hall was what I could only describe as a</span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></span><span class="hl"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 136); color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">phalanx</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">of rugby players. Jackets off, sitting
facing me in shirt sleeves, arms folded, wearing their napkins on their
foreheads</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> and <span style="color: black;">tucked behind their ears in the style of Egyptian pharaohs.
</span></span></span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br />
<span class="apple-style-span"> </span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">My opening lines failed to raise a laugh, as did
anything else I had to say. After several minutes, dinner rolls started
to wing their way over the napkinned heads of the phalanx and thud against the
canvas backdrop behind me. Thankfully the barrage was from a section of the
audience who were either very kind or couldn’t throw straight. Unscathed, I
pressed on. </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Later in the speech, a member of the audience
bearing a </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">sort of <span style="color: black;">manic grin marched military-style up to the stage with the
apparent intention of helping me off. He had been drinking. He paused,
looked around, then turned and walked back to his seat. He may have taken pity
upon me. Another explanation is that I was once a judo instructor and
this was mentioned by the person who introduced me. I </span>continued <span style="color: black;">without him.</span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">When
something like this happens, it is best to put it behind you. The following
Monday, the speech was reported in the South China Morning Post.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">A
couple of months later, I gave a speech at the Lighthouse Club. It was another
black-tie dinner. Then I attended the next Lighthouse Club Dinner to hear
celebrated barrister Kevin Egan speak. He was facing criminal charges of
assisting disgraced government lawyer Warwick Reid to flee to the Philippines
while on bail by giving him a passport and a gun. I had visited Warrick Reid,
who was being held in ICAC custody.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">During
the introduction of Kevin Egan, the introducer thanked me for my funny</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> (sic)<span style="color: black;"> speech, which had
been well received, or at least no one had thrown anything. I went up to
the microphone and said, “if you knew this audience, you would have kept that
gun”. I still regret saying this. I had been drinking. Fortunately, Kevin Egan took
it in good heart and was later acquitted.</span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Years
later, I joined other speakers at the National Speakers of Australia Conference
to present on challenging speaking experiences. My story prompted one of the
other speakers, Rodney Marks to tell of a similar occurrence. Out of a hostile audience, a
drunk had mounted the stage, as they grappled and fell to the floor, he continued with his speech.
The audience thought it was part of his act. </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p> </o:p><i><span style="color: #333333;">“For a profession known for
taking itself rather seriously, lawyers are also exceptionally good at seeing
the funny side of the practice of law.</span></i></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 21.6pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; margin: 7.5pt 0cm;"><i><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;">There are few better at the art of skewering the pretensions and
idiosyncrasies of legal practice than Queensland lawyer Paul Brennan, author of
the Law & Disorder website which, for years, has been dispensing useful
legal advice heavily disguised as comedy. As well as tips on topics such as “The
10 greatest legal mistakes in business . . . and how to avoid them”, the site
is host to caustic and comic legal cartoons, an eZine and more.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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including<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>The Law is an Ass . . .
Make Sure It Doesn’t Bite Yours,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>can
now add to their collection with the latest Brennan book<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>101 Reasons to Kill all the Lawyers.<o:p></o:p></span></i><p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 21.6pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; margin: 7.5pt 0cm;"><i><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The book grew out of Paul’s blog of the same name. He said he
decided on 101 reasons as he didn’t want to depress the entire legal profession
by having 1001.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 21.6pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; margin: 7.5pt 0cm;"><i><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;">But there’s nothing depressing about<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>101 Reasons, with its advice about the
things lawyers should know about but might not, such as the secret of enjoying
committee meetings, how to field complaints, career planning and dealing
successfully with their own legal problems. It is also about things Paul says
lawyers are not expected to know about but probably should such as change,
innovation, emotions, relationships and sex”.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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Queensland lawyer Paul Brennan has done his bit to show that lawyers have a
well-developed sense of humour. His character John Fytit began appearing in Mr
Brennan’s legal cartoons in 1992. Fytit developed, moving from a bitter sole
practitioner to become the confident advice-giver in a fictional legal Agony
Aunt column which appeared in the blog <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">101
reasons to kill all the lawyers</em>(“I didn’t want to depress the entire legal
profession by having 1001”). Paul Brennan has now decided that it is time to
kill off his hero, and John Fytit has passed on at the age of 51. His selected
letters deliver advice on a diverse range of matters including failure to
recognise a client, being put out to grass, the do’s and don’ts of gossiping,
smart phones and the law, and challenging a will.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I first came
across the Art of War when I lived in Hong Kong. The book offers advice on
military strategy. It was written about
2,500 years ago, by Sun Zhu, general of
the Kingdom of Wu an area situated a few hundred
kilometres north of Shanghai. Much has
been written about the Art of War by management gurus and others so that there
are 1,500 titles in paperback on Amazon alone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It has an
immediate strategic advantage when compared with any law book in that it is
only thirteen chapters (6,000 words) long, available for <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17405/17405-h/17405-h.htm">immediate download and free</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It was written at a time when an ill-advised
attack on a neighbouring state could lead
to disaster and death. This may not be
the case in a dispute between neighbours today, but if you have ever been involved in a dispute with your own neighbour you will know that it can
certainly feel that way. The advice is aggressive as winning is all important
but also cautious maybe because one of the casualties of a wrong move was often
the general himself. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Some of Sun Tzu’s advice such as obtaining information by bribing your
enemy’s officials, seeking out concubines greedy for gold in your enemy’s camp
or the chapter on the use of fire in battle has less application in <u>legal</u> practice today. However, the
book contains plenty of other advice for
legal practitioners and clients alike.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There is
practical advice such as the “Object of War is Peace” especially useful for a
client demanding immediate reprisals against a brainless neighbour.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There is esoteric and perplexing advice to ponder before taking any action
at all, such as:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Know the enemy and yourself and you will
win, know yourself and not the enemy and you will win some and lose some.
Know not yourself or the enemy and you will lose. <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The side that is the most loyal, has the ablest general, chooses the best time and
place, is the stronger and more disciplined, will prevail in war.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Art of War can help to explain why the forceful, immediate action
expected by clients in new litigation matters should be combined with some
forethought. Before rushing on, I try to remind myself of the words
of Brendan Behan who said “I have never seen a situation so dismal that a
policeman couldn't make it worse” which could easily apply to a lawyer who does
not ask “Where are we going with this?” preferably before sending out the
initial letter.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Be first in the field so that you are fresh as an
enemy who rushes to the fight arrives exhausted. <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Combat is expensive,
and the longer it goes on, the more
expensive it will become. Prolonged combat will deplete your resources and
weaken you.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There are roads not to follow, towns that should not be besieged, armies that should not be attacked and positions that should not be challenged.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The King of Wu could not have been an easy client, and yet Sun Zhu was
uncompromising in maintaining that it was essential for victory that the sovereign
should not interfere. A general will look for flexibility and opportunity and a
sovereign’s commands may constrain this approach. It is far easier to tell a
client that Sun Tzu cautions against
interfering rather than suggesting that it is your idea. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sun
Tzu advises generals to gain no reputation for wisdom or courage as if you plan
secretly, act with stealth and win without fighting your victories should not
be known. Noting the number of award nights that there are for lawyers these
days this may be difficult advice for all but the most disciplined and humble
litigation lawyer to take on board.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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find the advice of Sun Tzu to be useful in many areas of your life. Having said
that even a small homily from Sun Tzu within marriage is <i>dangerous ground</i>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="border: 0px; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Honorable mentions :</b><br /><i>“I’m not paying for 4 lawyers!”</i><br />Mitchell Byrne, Noosa<br /><br /><i>" None of you look like Clarence Sparrow!"</i><br />John Mawson, Brisbane</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /><span style="border: 0px; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>"</i></span><span style="border: 0px; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i><span style="border: 0px; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>I guess the joke's on me</i></span>"</i></span><span style="border: 0px; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Sally Elizabeth Jenkins, Roma</span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Only one entry per person received by the Editor of the Law & Disorder Ezine by way of post under the announcement of the competition, or received at email <a href="http://info@lawanddisorder.com./">info@lawanddisorder.com.</a><a href="mailto:info@lawanddisorder.com.au">au</a>, or otherwise acknowledged by the Editor by midnight on the date referred to in the announcement of the competition shall be accepted.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Only subscribers to the Law & Disorder Ezine can enter however subscription is free and immediate and can be made at <a href="http://www.lawanddisorder.com.au/registerezine.html">http://www.lawanddisorder.com.au/registerezine.html</a>.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The decision of the Editor shall be final in respect of the interpretation of these rules, selection of the winning cartoons, caption or captions and all other matters concerning this competition or its prizes including the cancellation of this competition.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Entrants warrant that the cartoon/caption is their original work and has not been copied and does not infringe any other persons rights.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">All entrants retain the copyright in their caption but by entry grant a non-exclusive, irrevocable, licence to the Law & Disorder eZine which can be assigned or sub-licenced to any of its sponsors, or related entities to use their cartoon and caption in connection with the cartoon in any medium worldwide without further attribution or any payment.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The winning entrant or entrants confirm that they permit the Law & Disorder eZine to use their name in any announcement or promotion by the Law & Disorder eZine or any of its sponsors, or related entities regarding the competition.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The winner of the Competition shall be sent the prize referred to in the email promoting the competition (or where there is a choice of prize, the prize chosen by the winner). If the winner cannot be contacted within one month or there is some other impediment to the prize being sent, then the right to receive the prize lapses. The prize can be substituted for some other prize at the discretion of the Editor.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 11pt; padding: 0cm;">About Law & Disorder
Competitions and Quizzes</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In
2006, our first competition was a <a href="http://www.lawanddisorder.com.au/documents/MEDIARELEASE.pdf" style="outline: none;"><span style="border: none 1.0pt; color: #253a7b; padding: 0cm;">John Fytit look a like competition.</span></a> There were a number of senior lawyers put forward by their
staff but the winners were never
identified or in most cases informed. Then there was the more successful <a href="http://www.lawanddisorder.com.au/legalquiz.html" style="outline: none;"><span style="border: 1pt none; color: #253a7b; outline: none; padding: 0cm;"> T</span><span style="border: 1pt none; color: #253a7b; outline: none; padding: 0cm;">hree M</span><span style="border: 1pt none; color: #253a7b; outline: none; padding: 0cm;">inute</span><span style="border: 1pt none; color: #253a7b; outline: none; padding: 0cm;"> Legal Q</span><span style="border: 1pt none; color: #253a7b; outline: none; padding: 0cm;">uiz</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong style="outline: 0px;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 11pt; padding: 0cm;">This Legal Cartoon Competition is proudly
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">See www.lawanddisorder.com.au</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10 Sunshine Coast, Queensland-26.743 153.11900000000003-26.771359999999998 153.07865950000001 -26.71464 153.15934050000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680890197486532403.post-43357246540257710982017-02-11T10:47:00.002+10:002020-10-07T11:17:17.841+10:00A New App Uberizing Legal Services<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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new Law App (“the LApp”) heralds the
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LApp will enable you to summon the lawyer
of your choice who will not only provide legal advice at an agreed hourly rate
but also take you to where you want to go at no extra charge. This service
transforms the much-maligned billable hour into the essential ingredient of fee
transparency.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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you do not like the advice, you can stop
the clock, get out, hail another lawyer or just discuss your legal problem with
an Uber driver of your choice. There will be no more waiting in shabby lawyer’s
offices; you select the quality of the vehicle, the uniform and even the
disposition of the lawyer/driver (“LD”).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">The ability to review the LD is a Premium Feature of the LApp
available at an additional charge. Due to its popularity, extra servers are
being laid on in Arizona.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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JD will pick you up and determine your dispute during
the journey. The JDs will be just as cantankerous as any taxi driver. However,
you can end the tirade at any time, an option not available in court.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to assist in making a decision in your matter. A coach with a well-stocked bar and an enticing destination
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will arrive at your destination with your legal problem solved without the
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Assisted suicide </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">may </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">now </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">be </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">expressed as the less alarming </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">assisted dying</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">”</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. However, we shall not see any significant benefit until euthanasia is embraced as an Early Demise Opportunity (“EDO”) by persons ready to make an empowered choice rather than seeing themselves as victims meeting an untimely and unfair end.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Counsellors and psychologists should stop convincing people to be survivors and start promoting death as quicker than cognitive therapy and far less painful than life itself. For the terminally offended death would be a release.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Victim status need not be abandoned but a higher commitment should be demanded to eliminate malingerers. What real victim would not relish being thrown to the lions before a jeering or (with training) disciplined and respectful crowd. This is not only an eco-friendly solution but could do wonders for zoo attendance. Organisers could seek church sponsorship so that stoic participants would have the prospect of being declared martyrs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Provided no lions were injured or traumatised during this process, Demisees would be a welcome addition to the Live Export Trade to zoos worldwide or even Africa. What Baby Boomer could resist the lure of an all you can eat overseas trip? Obesity would no longer be an issue as people could eat as much as they wanted in the knowledge that one day they could be doing their bit for the starving lions of the Serengeti.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">I’ll
Have the Law on You</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> is a politely amusing
compilation of ‘legal’ and ‘life’ advice provided by fictitious lawyer, John
Fytit, in response to legal questions received from judges, prosecutors,
politicians, lawyers and the odd wife. I
must confess I am not familiar with Brennan’s other works, including <i>Hang on to It Girl: The Wily Woman’s Guide
to Wills</i>, though for US$5 on Amazon, I could be tempted.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For some, the creative advice of John Fytit
may be a traumatizing self-reflection narrative. Others may see his advice as safe ‘Golden
Gavel’ material – the secret is out! And
others may just enjoy looking at the cartoon illustrations and consider a
career change.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The book is divided into eight parts,
including <i>Career Advice and Self-Help</i>
and <i>Advice on Issues Raised by People
with Nothing to Do</i> (the former part perhaps written by people mentioned in
the latter part).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">“It is not the lawyer who puts
you on hold, it is the legal receptionist over whom lawyers have little
control.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span lang="EN-US">Public Servant Query</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: “As a reward for
long service, I have been offered a job of Ombudsman. However, it sounds a little bit too
challenging so near to my retirement. I
am concerned that it may be too taxing and argumentative” … <b>John Fytit’s response</b>: “The Ombudsman
is not an advocate for complaints nor is he there to stick up for government
departments. He is somewhere in the
politically correct but potentially ineffective middle.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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disturbing truth about Brennan’s observations.
Fytit’s responses are at times witty, cringe-worthy, a scary mirror to
reality and a refreshing reminder that it cannot always be <i>this </i>bad. I must admit a few
chuckles and smirks escaped as I read.
At least Fytit’s receptionist has the nous to tell the clients that
their lawyer is ‘currently unavailable’ rather than ‘Yes, your lawyer is in
today but told me he/she doesn’t want to talk to you,’ a true story from a
local Darwin firm.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</a></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/101-Reasons-Kill-All-Lawyers-ebook/dp/B00D53DTBG/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8">101 Reasons to Kill all the Lawyers: That Part which Laws or Lawyerscan Cause or Cure</a></span></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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</a></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/How-make-funny-legal-presentation-ebook/dp/B008GHHQ0G/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8">How to Make a Funny Legal Presentation: And other Things that TheyDidn’t Teach You at Law School</a></span></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">For lawyers, the accusation of "insufficient legal content" is up there with being no good in bed and </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">a lousy driver.</span><br />
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board decided at its meeting today not to assign your book for review, as it
was deemed to have insufficient legal content for the Gazette readership. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Have the solicitors of Ireland not got enough legal content of
their own to be going on with without making demands on mine?</span><o:p></o:p></i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">This sounds like the work of some fresh-faced chancer in the
Society’s marketing department, eager for promotion who has convinced the Board
that Irish solicitors want legal content. </span></i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Unless this is some sort of new EU quota, I am afraid that this is
all the legal content .........</span><o:p></o:p></i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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