sounds like he was a nice and impressive man, but I've never liked his books
his written style wasn't very clear and he seemed to find it difficult to distinguish points of law from points of fact. his law of contract makes the law of contract seem much more confusing than it really is.
I found Treitel on Contract way too fussy. Contract is Lego - you can do many things with its many elements, simple or complex, but its principles are simple. Treitel thought it was all sculpture.
m'lord, i thinknthe intention is clear enough in the drafting (or would be found so had I used that clause in 2000 contracts at an unnamed MC firm when conteated by VULTURES)
Wasn't / isn't Grainne de Burca a constitutional / administrative / EU lecturer? You did well toget a desmond if you answered the criminal paper with references to Factortame etc.
if your query is “what is a partner?”
ignore tolley and chitty and gardiner
but our friend blackett ord
will leave you quite bored
becoming more of a pencil sharpener
Hubert Parry lived in the village next door to me, I discovered recently, and wrote the music to Blake's poem Jerusalem on the organ at Lynchmere Church at the top of the hill above Shulbrede Priory where he lived until his death. I sing in the choir there. His ghost is ever present.
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He wrote the book so to speak. It was and is an intimidating read for both under and post grads.He must have passed away and a very ripe age.
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sounds like he was a nice and impressive man, but I've never liked his books
his written style wasn't very clear and he seemed to find it difficult to distinguish points of law from points of fact. his law of contract makes the law of contract seem much more confusing than it really is.
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Not seen Heff thwapping his legal beagle down like this b4
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I found Treitel on Contract way too fussy. Contract is Lego - you can do many things with its many elements, simple or complex, but its principles are simple. Treitel thought it was all sculpture.
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thwapaheh
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I much preferred Nutshell on Contract.
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Some sort of limerick must be in order.
So goodby Professor Sir Guenter
Heff says you're a bit of a cuenter.
Sir Oliver Popplewell
Knew his estoppel well
A Cheshire and Fifoot type puenter.
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You forgot to sign EJ Thribb (17 and a half)
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Markesinis & Mundy on Torts
were not quite as good as they thought
when faced with a case
of trespass and race
they quickly became overwrought
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The works of Professor Paul Craig
On administrative law were quite vague
We were all called to muster
When he set foot from Worcester
But avoided his lectures like plague.
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Just before I went up to read law
I was told to read Williams before
So I read to page three
said Hmm hmm: not for me
& said fook off glanville you whore
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While reading C Passmore and Thanki
And getting progressively cranky
About Three Rivers (5)
I felt barely alive
So I gave up and went for a w**ky.
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I was taught land law by "Teddy".
For Professor Burn's oeuvre I was not ready.
He held Christ Church in thrall
With his feoffees and all
But in my case he did in my heady.
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A funny old scholar Prof Goode
wrote a lot more than he should
on Company law
International MORE MORE
comparitativley never got Wood
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For Treitel, full title was vital.
But for Hopkins a trust was enough.
If it's not in the contract or recital
then Guenter would say it was "tough".
But Hoppy would point to the duty,
Quote Wodehouse and light up his pipe.
"Now no-one can dispute its beauty
compared to this contractual tripe".
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Those old stalwarts milman and sealey
Were not so compatible really
Milman was sour
with a face oh so dour
Seally was silly and squeally
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The duo of Clarkson and Keating
Said criminal law takes some beating
So I gave it a go
But the bank said "No, no!"
Now I can't afford housing nor heating.
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The godfather of Contract is Chitty
The themes he drew out were not bitty
His language was vital
(Unlike Guenter Treitel):
In the Temple he was famed for shouting "titty"
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balls, Mutts had already done the Treitel/vital rhyme
soz
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Heh x 100 at this thread.
Do you chaps get any work done?
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For bills of lading and contracts of affreightment
Scrutton is the most authoritative statement
For bottomry and Brexit
Dick Aikens can shake it
Whilst for scatology best try Carver on Excrement
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And this is why I ROF
Classic
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hmm, my shipping one needs to lose a few words
For bills of lading and contracts of affreightment
Scrutton is the authoritative statement
For bottomry and Brexit
Dick Aikens can shake it
For scatology try Carver on Excrement
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Wonderous Markesinis and Deakin
Spent most of their lives creatinin
Marko grew strong
at the expense of schlong
but on peakin deakin still weaklin
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on conflict use dicey & morris
heads and shoulders rised above the chorus
Renvoi! said j collier
then boshed more bollinger
and thus puked in a manner decorous
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set one research task I was peeved
Read tolley and nothing achieved
lightman and moss
were similarly toss
I thought fook it and then I asked jeeves
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For professionals who err and confuse
And whose clients are left quite bemused
There's only one book
That's worth a good look
Jackson & Powell: liability insurers' true muse
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A legal author churned out some kids
But her marriage then hit the skids
On her return from Iran
She hatched up a plan
And published her work under "Lyds".
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The youngsters all use lexis nex
which causes the seniors to vex
you've not researched at all
your search ambit too small
de minimis non curat lex!
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Spencer Bower on estoppel and waiver:
His prose was concise and to savour.
Alas modern writing
Is rank, not enlightening.
It's technique not mere length that finds favour
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On company law, Gower wrote
You should review if doing a float
But corporate twits
only scratch for knits
and tug at their wrinkly scrote
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As a corporate lawyer, I'm obliged to point out that that should be "nits".
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Dammit
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top marks for wrinkly scrote tho tbf
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Construction lawyers need Keating
For building disputes that need treating
It's easy to read
for when one has the need
For giving the bishop a beating
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This thread has made an otherwise shite day bearable. Please keep on going.
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Richard Calnan is one I've not met
For security law but i bet
I could sit down all nice
and give him sage advice
But nemo dat non quod habet
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Those two fellows, that Hart and that Dworkin
Stayed up all the night loudly talkin'
Try as hard as they might
They couldn't agree whether a law had to be right
So they gave in and ended up porkin'
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Robert Goff wrote a lengthy compendium
Restituting whomsoever did come to him.
Engorging his tool
He said, "Come on fool
If you don't change your position, contra proferentem."
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There once was a writer called Clarke
Who lacked any sign of a spark.
Then Lindsell said "Why"
"Is your text quite so dry?
Let me sex it all up for a lark."
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Heff your restitution/Goff one is a travesty.
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Let me guess: he was your godfather?
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Tolleys is the place to go to for tax
Some people it helps to relax
some hearts it gets racing
some minds it gets pacing
and for some it moistens their slacks
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That EU directive, what does it mean?
The client's nervous brow glistens with sheen.
Craig & De Burca will know,
Says her solicitor: but, oh no,
That'll all change come this Hallowe'en.
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De Burca?
Is that the lovely Grainne?
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An old chap called stutter once wrote
"i learned all my caselaw by wrote"
when put to the test
in a court, i attest
it looked like he just was a scrote
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I suspect strutter might protest he learnt by rote
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m'lord, i thinknthe intention is clear enough in the drafting (or would be found so had I used that clause in 2000 contracts at an unnamed MC firm when conteated by VULTURES)
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i meant contested but i think it works
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has wang been drinking or sniffing glue?
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drinking alcohol, I mean, not drinking glue. that would be weird
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not allowed to drink due to meds old sun.
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i havent asked the doc about glue tbf
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Mmmm, Grainne. She was my tutor for criminal law. I got a desmond in that I think. I was quite distracted.
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Goff was not my Godfather, no, Heff.
Sorry, to be clear, when I said "travesty" I meant "pisspoor".
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There once was an eminent academic
Who caused an erection of the Buzz dick
His troublesome groin
Went unnoticed by Prof Grainne
As when turgid it was still microscopic
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Heffalump has been at the vino sacra
There once was a lawyer called Cross
Who wrote some inordinate dross.
On evidential law
He surely could bore.
And his students did not give a toss.
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Wasn't / isn't Grainne de Burca a constitutional / administrative / EU lecturer? You did well toget a desmond if you answered the criminal paper with references to Factortame etc.
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if your query is “what is a partner?”
ignore tolley and chitty and gardiner
but our friend blackett ord
will leave you quite bored
becoming more of a pencil sharpener
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This was 1993 Mutts. Don't think she'd gone hardcore EU/constitutional by then. She was asFasF though.
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In the 90s Paget was best for banking
But by now he might have lost his ranking.
I don't care if he's out of favour
Cos he gives my shelves a smart arse flavour.
(I'll get my coat ...)
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I liked it cariad ;)
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Thanks Tecco butt.
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oh dear Wang. Roy wrote on Commercial Law.
Has it been THAT long?
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When choosing ‘twixt Treitel or Chitty
It’s all about law’s nitty gritty.
one is a tome
you could read when at home
but the other’s remarkably shitty.
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Bought Megarry & Wade in 1981.
£23! It felt like a ton.
Fee simple, commorientes, en ventre sa mere.
If you want some jargon, it's all there.
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I can't do limericks.
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It's a decent poetic stab though. Better than quite a lot of the shite above.
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I once read a book by Megarry
While singing a hymn by H Parry
"And did those feet"
I started to bleat
On freehold mountains green tarry?
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is how you do that.
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Hubert Parry lived in the village next door to me, I discovered recently, and wrote the music to Blake's poem Jerusalem on the organ at Lynchmere Church at the top of the hill above Shulbrede Priory where he lived until his death. I sing in the choir there. His ghost is ever present.
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Thank you Mutters. I try my best.
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if you're going to be overly critical mutts you could at least try to get the last line of your efforts to scan
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But TBF Mutters did nail the form with his deep-rooted insight, analysis and comparison on Chitty and Trietel.
Good work!
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Do you remember Professor Atiyah?
Always so happy to see ya
But his talks on contract
So dense and compact
Seemed to last for more than a year
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